The Zurich study: XXII. Epidemiology of gastrointestinal complaints and comorbidity with anxiety and depression

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 246, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 261-272

  Hochstrasser, B ^a   Angst, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Depressive disorders; Epidemiology; Functional gastrointestinal complaints; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANIC; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0029898173     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02190278     Document Type: Article

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