The prevalence of personality disorders in hypochondriasis

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-47

  Sakai, Reiko ^a,b   Nestoriuc, Yvonne ^a,c   Nolido, Nyryan V ^a   Barsky, Arthur J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 77449126303     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.08m04838blu     Document Type: Article

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