Psychological mechanisms of medically unexplained symptoms: An integrative conceptual model

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 793-812

  Brown, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 4544349395     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.130.5.793     Document Type: Review

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