Comorbid painful physical symptoms and anxiety: Prevalence, work loss and help-seeking

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-272

  Demyttenaere, Koen ^a   Bonnewyn, Anke ^a   Bruffaerts, Ronny ^a   De Graaf, Ron ^b   Haro, Josep Maria ^c   Alonso, Jordi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c Fundacion Sant Joan de Deu   (Spain)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Help seeking; Painful physical symptoms; Work loss days

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAINFUL PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 45849145106     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.12.231     Document Type: Article

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