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[Rheumatoid arthritis: various psychosomatic aspects]
A P Palha1, D Araújo, M Lourenço
1Serviço de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, Hospital de S. Joao, Portugal.
Actas Luso-Espanolas De Neurologia, Psiquiatria Y Ciencias Afines
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The rheumatoid arthritis has been considered as a model for the psychosomatic approach in Medicine. The authors present a research in this perspective, trying to evaluate some psychological variables using appropriated rating scales: the self concept, the coping mechanisms and some symptoms like anxiety and depression. A group of diabetics insulin-dependents was the control group.