PTSD symptoms mediate the effect of attachment on pain and somatisation after whiplash injury

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-83

  Andersen, Tonny Elmose ^a   Elklit, Ask ^a   Brink, Ole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attachment; Pain; PTSD; Somatisation; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOMATIZATION; WHIPLASH INJURY; ADJUSTMENT; ANXIETY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; NOCICEPTION; PAIN INTENSITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84884239378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17450179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1745017901309010075     Document Type: Article

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