An international study comparing the effect of medically explained and unexplained somatic symptoms on psychosocial outcome

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-130

  Kisely, Stephen ^a   Simon, Gregory ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Medically explained symptoms; Medically unexplained symptoms; Primary care; Psychiatric morbidity; Somatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 31344438179     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.064     Document Type: Article

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