Influence of dependent personality status on the outcome and health service costs of health anxiety

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 274-280

  Tyrer, Helen ^a   Tyrer, Peter ^a   Barrett, Barbara ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost; Dependent personality; Health anxiety; Hypochondriacal personality; Personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879227258     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012438483     Document Type: Article

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