The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, psychiatric comorbidity, and personality traits among patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-63

  Chung, Man Cheung ^a   Symons, Christine ^b   Gilliam, Jane ^b   Kaminski, Edward R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL READJUSTMENT RATING SCALE; URTICARIA;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 70449671192     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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