Short-term psychotherapeutic interventions for somatizing patients in the general hospital: A randomized controlled study

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 339-346

  Schweickhardt, Axel ^a   Larisch, Astrid ^a   Wirsching, Michael ^a   Fritzsche, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Psychotherapy, general hospitals; Randomized controlled study; Reattribution model; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 34948904837     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107561     Document Type: Article

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