Comparison of descriptive variables for symptomatic volunteers and clinical patients with anxiety disorders

Anxiety

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 117-122

  Rapaport, Mark Hyman ^a,b   Frevert, Theresa ^c   Babior, Shirley ^a   Seymour, Sherry ^a   Zisook, Sidney ^a   Kelsoe, John ^a,b   Judd, Lewis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Demographic variables; Functional measures; Health beliefs; Symptomatic volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 0030325716     PISSN: 10709797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-7154(1996)2:3<117::AID-ANXI2>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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