Anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients with conversion disorder

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 489-492

  Khan, Muhammad Nasar Sayeed ^a,b   Ahmad, Salman ^a   Arshad, Nadia ^a   Ullah, Naeem ^a   Maqsood, Nabila ^a  

^a SERVICES HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Conversion disorder; Depression; Motor; Seizures; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24744457983     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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