Course and prediction of somatoform disorder and medically unexplained symptoms in primary care

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 318-326

  Steinbrecher, Natalie ^a   Hiller, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960240831     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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