Psychological approaches to somatisation in developing countries

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-62

  Patel, Vikram ^a   Sumathipala, Athula ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SRI LANKA;

EID: 30744431864     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.12.1.54     Document Type: Article

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