Social fears and social phobia in a community sample of adolescents and young adults: Prevalence, risk factors and co-morbidity

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 309-323

  Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a   Stein, M B ^a   Kessler, R C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032989297     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798008174     Document Type: Article

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