Assessment issues in treatment research of pediatric anxiety disorders: What is working, what is not working, what is missing, and what needs improvement

Psychopharmacology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-164

  Greenhill, Laurence L ^b   Pine, Daniel ^c   March, John ^c   Birmaher, Boris ^c   Riddle, Mark ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Pediatric; Ratings; Scales; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE;

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; HUMANS;

EID: 0031814044     PISSN: 00485764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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