Medically unexplained cutaneous sensory symptoms may represent somatoform dissociation: An empirical study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-136

  Gupta, Madhulika A ^a,c,d   Gupta, Aditya K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MEDIPROBE RESEARCH INC   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Pruritus; Skin; Somatization; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARESTHESIA; PRURITUS; RATING SCALE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PAIN; SKIN SENSATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODERMATITIS; PARESTHESIA; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 31344449617     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.061     Document Type: Article

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