Stability of Somatization Disorder and Somatization Symptoms Among Primary Care Patients
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Stability of somatization disorder and somatization symptoms among primary care patients.
BACKGROUND Diagnostic criteria for somatization disorder emphasize its early onset and long-term stability. Research assessments of somatization disorder depend on lifetime recall of medically unexplained somatic symptoms. METHODS Longitudinal data from the World Health Organization Psychological Problems in General Health Care study were used to examine stability of somatization disorder and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of General Psychiatry
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-990X
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.1.90