Insecure attachment and frequent attendance in primary care: A longitudinal cohort study of medically unexplained symptom presentations in ten UK general practices

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 855-864

  Taylor, R E ^a   Marshall, T ^b   Mann, A ^c   Goldberg, D P ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment style; doctor patient relationship; frequent attenders; medically unexplained symptoms; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858796066     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711001589     Document Type: Article

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