Somatic presentations of distress in China

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1053-1057

  Zaroff, Charles M ^a   Davis, J Mark ^a   Chio, Pit Hoi ^a   Madhavan, Deepak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b Midwest Regional Epilepsy Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

China; illness behaviour; somatic

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STIGMA;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CULTURE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873688710     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867412450077     Document Type: Review

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