Anxiety and depression in patients with self-reported food hypersensitivity

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-48

  Lillestøl, Kristine ^a,b   Berstad, Arnold ^a,b   Lind, Ragna ^a   Florvaag, Erik ^a,b   Arslan Lied, Gülen ^a,b   Tangen, Tone ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Depression; Food allergy; Food hypersensitivity; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PRICK TEST; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549116729     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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