The prevalence of conversion symptoms in women from a general Turkish population

Psychosomatics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-58

  Sar, Vedat ^a   Akyüz, Gamze ^b   Dogan, Orhan ^b   Öztü, Erdinç ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOMATIZATION; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TURKEY;

EID: 61849145800     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.50.1.50     Document Type: Article

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