Chronic pain syndrome associated with health anxiety: A qualitative thematic comparison between pain patients with high and low health anxiety

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Tang, Nicole K Y ^a   Salkovskis, Paul M ^a   Hodges, Amy ^a   Soong, Elaina ^a   Hanna, Magdi H ^b   Hester, Joan ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYNDROME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 63349107543     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466508X336167     Document Type: Article

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