Dissociative disorders and other psychopathological groups: Exploring the differences through the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20)

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 354-358

  Do Espirito Santo, Helena Maria Amaral ^a   Pio Abreu, José Luís ^b,c  

^a Instituto Superior Miguel Torga   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dissociative disorders; Hysteria; Psychiatric disorders; Somatoform disorders; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISSOCIATION QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERIA; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STANDARDS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSLATING;

EID: 38349125334     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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