Psychotherapeutic intervention in somatisation disorder: Results of a controlled study from India

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 445-450

  Kushwaha, Vijeta ^a   Chadda, Rakesh K ^a   Mehta, Manju ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

India; medically unexplained; psychotherapeutic; somatisation disorder; somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; BREATHING EXERCISE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; BREATHING EXERCISES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879602766     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2013.765020     Document Type: Article

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