Empirical foundations for the diagnosis of somatization: Implications for DSM-5

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1133-1142

  Rosmalen, J G M ^a   Tak, L M ^a   De Jonge, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; DSM; population cohort; somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPIRICISM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYNDROME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPIRICISM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 79956039856     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710001625     Document Type: Article

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