Patients presenting with somatic complaints in general practice: Depression, anxiety and somatoform disorders are frequent and associated with psychosocial stressors

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Haftgoli, Nader ^a   Favrat, Bernard ^a   Verdon, François ^a   Vaucher, Paul ^a   Bischoff, Thomas ^a   Burnand, Bernard ^b   Herzig, Lilli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SWITZERLAND;

ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77956542050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-67     Document Type: Article

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