Family Study of Agoraphobia: Report of a Pilot Study

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1983, Pages 1061-1064

  Harris, Emily L ^a   Noyes, Russell ^a   Crowe, Raymond R ^a   Chaudhry, Dewat R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Rock Isl Co (708) Mental Hlth Bd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PANIC; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0020595063     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1983.01790090023003     Document Type: Article

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