Women living with facial hair: the psychological and behavioral burden

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-168

  Lipton, Michelle G ^a   Sherr, Lorraine ^a   Elford, Jonathan ^b   Rustin, Malcolm H A ^c   Clayton, William J ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional distress; Hirsutism; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Psychological morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE; FEMALE; HAIR; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; TOUCH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROLYSIS; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN;

EID: 33746501428     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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