Do unexplained symptoms predict anxiety or depression? Ten-year data from a practice-based research network

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 587, 2011, Pages

  Van Boven, Kees ^a   Lucassen, Peter ^a   Van Ravesteijn, Hiske ^a   Olde Hartman, Tim ^a   Bor, Hans ^a   Van Weel Baumgarten, Evelyn ^a   Van Weel, Chris ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Mental health; Primary care; Somatisation; Symptoms, unexplained

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053213977     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X577981     Document Type: Article

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