Diagnosing somatisation in adults in the first consultation: Moving beyond diagnosis by exclusion

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 616, 2013, Pages 607-608

  Mann, Brett ^a   Wilson, Hamish ^b  

^a Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Wellington   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION; TENSION HEADACHE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887313351     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X674602     Document Type: Article

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