Somatization, somatosensory amplification, attribution styles and illness behaviour: A review

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-33

  Duddu, Venugopal ^a   Isaac, Mohan K ^b   Chaturvedi, Santosh K ^c  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACCURACY; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITION; CONFLICT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; NEGLECT; NEUROSIS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOMATIZATION;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUGGESTION;

EID: 32044469181     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260500466790     Document Type: Review

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