TY - BOOK AU - Shirin Mostafa Anwar Elmakawi AU - Ayman Kamel Elgarf , AU - Magdi Mohamed Arafa , AU - Samir Mohamed Abou Elmagd , TI - Psychopathological characteristics of Egyptian patients with rheumatologic diseases / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Shirin Mostafa Anwar Elmakawi , KW - Ego defense mechanisms KW - Rheumatoid arthritis-coping mechanisms KW - Systemic lupus erythematosus N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine- Department of Neuropsychiatry; Issued also as CD N2 - Rheumatologic patients reveal high prevalence of psychiatric disorder, especially depression and anxiety. SLE and RA patients have characteristic features at a dynamic psychopathological level in relation to coping styles,defensive functions and self esteem. SLE and RA patients show characteristic results when relating these psychological variables with clinical variables (disease activity, disease duration, pain) UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -