Generalized anxiety disorder and its comorbidities: Disputes at the boundaries

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL.S393, 1998, Pages 12-22

  Maser, J D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Generalized anxiety disorder; Panic disorder

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PANIC; PREVALENCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REVIEW;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0031754120     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb05961.x     Document Type: Article

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