Prevalence of health anxiety problems in medical clinics

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 392-394

  Tyrer, Peter ^a   Cooper, Sylvia ^a   Crawford, Mike ^a   Dupont, Simon ^b   Green, John ^c   Murphy, David ^d   Salkovskis, Paul ^e   Smith, Georgina ^c   Wang, Duolao ^f   Bhogal, Sharandeep ^a   Keeling, Mary ^a   Loebenberg, Gemma ^a   Seivewright, Richard ^a   Walker, Gemma ^a   Cooper, Faye ^a   Evered, Rachel ^a   Kings, Stephanie ^a   Kramo, Kofi ^a   McNulty, Antoinette ^a   Nagar, Jessica ^a   Reid, Steven ^a   Sanatinia, Rahil ^a   Sinclair, Julie ^b   Trevor, David ^g   Watson, Charlotte ^a   Tyrer, Helen ^a   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health anxiety; Hypochondriasis; Prevalence; Secondary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH ANXIETY INVENTORY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGY; PREVALENCE; PULMONOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 83555164770     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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