Waiting, relaxation, or cognitive-behavioral therapy - How effective is outpatient group therapy for somatoform symptoms?;Warten, Entspannung Oder Verhaltenstherapie - Wie Effektiv Sind Ambulante Gruppenbehandlungen bei Multiplen Somatoformen Symptomen?

Zeitschrift fur Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-23

  Zaby, Alexandra ^a   Heider, Jens ^a   Schröder, Annette ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral group therapy; Primary care; Randomized controlled trial; Somatization; Somatoform disorder; Somatoform symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849100356     PISSN: 16163443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/1616-3443.37.1.15     Document Type: Article

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