Medically unexplained and somatoform complaints and disorders in the elderly: A systematic review of the literature;Organisch nicht erklärbare somatoforme beschwerden und störungen im alter: Ein systematischer literaturüberblick

Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-140

  Schneider, Gudrun ^a   Heuft, Gereon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Medically unexplained symptoms; Old age; Somatoform complaints; Somatoform disorders; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 79956359589     PISSN: 14383608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13109/zptm.2011.57.2.115     Document Type: Review

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