Medically unexplained physical symptoms in primary care: A controlled study on the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral treatment by the family physician

Psychosomatics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 515-524

  Arnold, Ingrid A ^a   De Waal, Margot W M ^b   Eekhof, Just A H ^b   Assendelft, Willem J J ^b   Spinhoven, Philip ^b   Van Hemert, Albert M ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 73249139069     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.50.5.515     Document Type: Article

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