Divergent beliefs about psoriasis are associated with increased psychological distress

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-56

  Richards, Helen L ^a,b   Fortune, Dónal G ^a   Chong, Stephanie L P ^a   Mason, Damon L ^a   Sweeney, Siobhan K T ^a   Main, Chris J ^a   Griffiths, Christopher E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Family; Psoriasis; Psychological

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEAMWORK; VARIANCE;

EID: 3042637999     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22703.x     Document Type: Article

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