Neuropsychological functioning, illness perception, mood and quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease and healthy participants

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1567-1576

  Dickson, A ^a   Toft, A ^b   O'Carroll, R E ^c  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive impairment; Depression; Illness perception; Memory; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS; VISION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 69549095628     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708004960     Document Type: Article

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