The panic-agoraphobic syndrome: A paradigm of the anxiety group of disorders and its implications for psychiatric practice and theory

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 111-124

  Roth, Martin ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPREHENSION; EMPATHY; PANIC; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0029949023     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.7.111     Document Type: Article

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