General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 262-267 , May 2010

Psychological distress in twins with urological symptoms

  • Lisa Johnson Wright, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0738, USA
    • ,
  • Carolyn Noonan, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    • ,
  • Sandra Ahumada, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0738, USA
    • ,
  • María Ángeles Bullones Rodríguez, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid 28922, Spain
    • ,
  • Dedra Buchwald, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    • ,
  • Niloofar Afari, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0738, USA
    • Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System and Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, Mail Code 0738, La Jolla, CA 92093-0738, USA. Tel.: +1 858 534 2670; fax: +1 858 822 3777.

Received 5 October 2009 ,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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☆ This research was supported by National Institutes of Health awards R01AR051524 (Dr. Afari) and U01 DK082325 (Drs. Buchwald and Afari). Dr. Afari is also supported by the VA Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health. Dr. Johnson Wright is supported in part by R01AR051524. A portion of this research was presented at the 28th Annual American Pain Society meeting in San Diego, CA, USA.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.01.011

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 262-267 , May 2010

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