Somatization and health anxiety as predictors of health care use

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 656-664

  Tomenson, Barbara ^a   McBeth, John ^a   Chew Graham, Carolyn A ^a,b   MacFarlane, Gary ^c   Davies, Ian ^a   Jackson, Judy ^a   Littlewood, Alison ^a   Creed, Francis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Manchester   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consultation liaison psychiatry; health anxiety; health care use; somatic symptoms; somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMATIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84863717075     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31825cb140     Document Type: Article

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