Social Phobia in General Health Care: An Unrecognised Undertreated Disabling Disorder

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue FEB., 1996, Pages 169-174

  Weiller, E ^a   Bisserbe, J C ^a   Boyer, P ^b   Lepine, J P ^c   Lecrubier, Y ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PARIS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHOBIC DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030022932     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.2.169     Document Type: Article

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