Medically unexplained physical symptoms in elderly people: A pilot study of psychiatric geriatric characteristics

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1085-1088

  Hilderink, Peter H ^a   Benraad, Caroline E M ^a   Van Driel, Dorine ^a   Buitelaar, Jan K ^b   Speckens, Anne E M ^b   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^b   Voshaar, Richard C Oude ^a  

^a GGz Nijmegen   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Depressive disorder; Elderly; Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS); Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED PHYSICAL SYMPTOM; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOMATIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; WHITELEY INDEX;

EID: 74349099123     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181b975a1     Document Type: Article

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