Are patients with somatization disorder highly suggestible?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-235

  Brown, R J ^a   Schrag, A ^b   Krishnamoorthy, E ^c   Trimble, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Neurology   (India)

Author keywords

Hypnosis; Medically unexplained symptoms; Somatization disorder; Somatoform disorders; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 38849153421     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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