Comorbidity as a fundamental feature of generalized anxiety disorders: Results from the national comorbidity study (NCS)

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL.S393, 1998, Pages 6-11

  Judd, L L ^a   Kessler, R C ^b   Paulus, M P ^a   Zeller, P V ^c   Wittchen, H U ^d   Kunovac, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Depression; Epidemiology; Generalized anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031723885     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb05960.x     Document Type: Article

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