Somatoform disorders among first-time referrals to a neurology service

Psychosomatics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 540-548

  Fink, Per ^a   Hansen, Morten Steen ^b   Søndergaard, Lene ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CONVERSION DISORDER; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURASTHENIA; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; SCHEDULES FOR CLINICAL ASSESSMENT IN NEUROPSYCHIATRY; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 27644457956     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.46.6.540     Document Type: Article

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