Depression, anxiety and somatization in primary care: syndrome overlap and functional impairment

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-199

  Löwe, Bernd ^a   Spitzer, Robert L ^c   Williams, Janet B W ^d   Mussell, Monika ^b   Schellberg, Dieter ^b   Kroenke, Kurt ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e Regenstrief Institute for Health Care   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Classification; Depression; Primary health care; Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 42149186923     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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