Unexplained physical complaints

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 803-813

  Garralda, M Elena ^a  

^a Academic Unit of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Physical complaints; Somatization; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051692019     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2011.06.002     Document Type: Review

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