General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 315-320 , May 2010

Association of nonsexual and sexual traumatizations with body image and psychosomatic symptoms in psychosomatic outpatients

  • Martin Sack, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, 81675 Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 89 4140 4312; fax: +49 89 4140 4845.
    • ,
  • Katja Boroske-Leiner, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, 81675 Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Claas Lahmann, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, 81675 Munich, Germany
    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Received 11 September 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.01.002

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 315-320 , May 2010

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