Nonpsychiatric Medical Comorbidity, Health Perceptions, and Treatment Outcome in Patients with Panic Disorder

Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-122

  Schmidt, Norman B ^b   Telch, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral treatment; Comorbidity; Health perceptions; Medical diagnosis; Panic disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PANIC DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031091226     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.16.2.114     Document Type: Article

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