Hypochondriasis, somatoform disorders, and anxiety disorders: Sociodemographic variables, general psychopathology, and naturalistic treatment effects

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 406-412

  Gropalis, Maria ^a   Bleichhardt, Gaby ^b   Witthöft, Michael ^b   Hiller, Wolfgang ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; classification; cognitive behavioral therapy; Hypochondriasis; somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861019726     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31825322e5     Document Type: Article

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