General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 173-180 , May 1995

Recognition of emotional distress in physically healthy primary care patients who perceive poor physical health

  • Mark Olfson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Mark Olfson, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.
    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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  • Thomas Gilbert, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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  • Myrna Weissman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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  • Robert S. Blacklow, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Ohio, USA
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  • W.Eugene Broadhead, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Family Medicine and Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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☆ This study was funded by the Upjohn Company, Inc.

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General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 173-180 , May 1995

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