Differentiation of somatizing patients in primary care: Why the effects of treatment are always moderate

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 813-819

  Schweickhardt, Axel ^a   Larisch, Astrid ^a   Fritzsche, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Primary care; Response variability; Somatization; Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28844494970     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000188975.22144.3d     Document Type: Article

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