Psychophysiologic Treatment for Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Psychosomatics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-229

  Katsamanis, Maria ^a   Lehrer, Paul M ^a   Escobar, Javier I ^a   Gara, Michael A ^a   Kotay, Anupama ^a   Liu, Regina ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052910988     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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