General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 509-513 , September 2010

Pain complaints in a sample of psychiatric inpatients

  • Wiebke Greggersen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universität zu Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany. Tel.: +49 (0) 451 5003481; fax: +49 (0) 451 5006198.
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  • Sebastian Rudolf, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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  • Corinna Findel, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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  • Juliane Burow, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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  • Anne Stoll, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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  • Jessica Ristow, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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  • Eva Fassbinder, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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  • Kerstin M. Oltmanns, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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  • Kai G. Kahl, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, MHH Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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  • Fritz Hohagen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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  • Michael Hüppe, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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  • Ulrich Schweiger, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany

Received 15 May 2010 ,Accepted 9 July 2010.

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☆ W. Greggersen and S. Rudolf had equal contribution in the planning of the study and in preparing the manuscript.

PII: S0163-8343(10)00141-6

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.07.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 509-513 , September 2010

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