Symptoms and syndromes of bodily distress: An exploratory study of 978 internal medical, neurological, and primary care patients

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-39

  Fink, Per ^a   Toft, Tomas ^a   Hansen, Morten Steen ^a   Ørnbøl, Eva ^a   Olesen, Frede ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bodily distress; Classification; Functional somatic symptoms; Functional somatic syndromes; Somatization; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODILY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME;

EID: 33846423120     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31802e46eb     Document Type: Article

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