A randomised controlled trial of written self-disclosure for functional recurrent abdominal pain in youth

Psychology and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-447

  Wallander, Jan L ^a   Madan Swain, Avi ^b   Klapow, Josh ^b   Saeed, Shehzad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health care utilisation; Randomised controlled trial; Recurrent abdominal pain; Symptom reporting; Written self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF DISCLOSURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RECURRENCE; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79953735143     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440903477212     Document Type: Article

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