Headache sufferers' drawings reflect distress, disability and illness perceptions

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-470

  Broadbent, Elizabeth ^a   Niederhoffer, Kate ^b   Hague, Tiffany ^c   Corter, Arden ^a   Reynolds, Lisa ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drawings; Headache; Illness perceptions; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRAWING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOOD; PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549093729     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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