Headaches as somatoform disorders in children and adolescents
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Headaches as Somatoform Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Somatoform disorders are often the main cause for seeking professional advice and performing a number of specialist checks. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of somatoform disorders in the form of headaches in children and adolescents neurologically diagnosed and the risk factors thereof. Analysis of the biological and situational risk factors were established. Somatoform diso...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mental Illness
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2036-7465
DOI: 10.4081/mi.2012.e9