Negative affect and 24-hour ambulatory physiological recordings as predictors of spontaneous improvement of medically unexplained symptoms

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 591-601

  Houtveen, Jan H ^a   Van Doornen, Lorenz J P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambulatory physiological recordings; Anxiety; Medically unexplained symptoms; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD; CAPNOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SALIVA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 56749181430     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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