Delineating a putative phobic-anxious temperament in 126 panic- agoraphobic patients: Toward a rapprochement of European and US views

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 11-23

  Perugi, Giulio ^a   Toni, Cristina ^a   Benedetti, Alessandra ^a   Simonetti, Beatrice ^a   Simoncini, Marly ^a   Torti, Carlo ^a   Musetti, Laura ^a   Akiskal, Hagop S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Hypersensitivity to separation; Panic disorder; Phobic anxious temperament; Prodromal symptoms

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PANIC; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031936263     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(97)00108-0     Document Type: Article

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