The social circumstances of anxiety and its symptoms among Anglo-Jews

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-94

  Loewenthal, Kate Miriam ^a   Goldblatt, Vivienne ^a   Gorton, Tessa ^a   Lubitsch, Guy ^a   Bicknell, Helen ^a   Fellowes, Deborah ^a   Sowden, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Gender differences; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; JEWS; JUDAISM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0031459910     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(97)00087-6     Document Type: Article

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