Somatic symptoms and illness worries in primary care - A study of 1751 general practice attenders;Körperbeschwerden und gesundheitsangst in der primärmedizin: Eine quantitative studie bei 1751 Hausarztpatienten

Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-29

  Benedikt, Gertraud ^a   Schulmeister, Elke ^a   Sattel, Heribert ^a   Schäfert, Rainer ^a   Sauer, Nina ^a   Herzog, Wolfgang ^a   Henningsen, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

General practice; Hypochondriasis; Illness worry; Medically unexplained symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE;

EID: 33846494105     PISSN: 16614747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1661-4747.55.1.21     Document Type: Article

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