Approach to the Patient with multiple somatic symptoms

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1079-1095

  Croicu, Carmen ^a   Chwastiak, Lydia ^a   Katon, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Collaborative care; Depression; Somatic symptoms; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL PATIENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOMATIZATION;

ANXIETY; COLLABORATIVE CARE; DEPRESSION; SOMATIC SYMPTOMS; SOMATIZATION;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAUSALITY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84906064947     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: 15579859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2014.06.007     Document Type: Review

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