Stability of somatoform symptoms - Implications for classification

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 864-869

  Rief, Winfried ^a   Rojas, Graciela ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Classification; Misdiagnosis; Reliability; Somatoform disorder; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME;

EID: 36348973496     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815b006e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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