The conundrum of medically unexplained symptoms: Questions to consider

Psychosomatics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 369-377

  Mcfarlane, Alexander C ^b   Ellis, Niki ^b   Barton, Christopher ^a   Browne, Derek ^b   Van Hooff, Miranda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYALGIA; NEURASTHENIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATICS; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 51549098184     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.49.5.369     Document Type: Review

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