Factors predicting the clinical course of generalised anxiety disorder

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 176, Issue JUN., 2000, Pages 544-549

  Yonkers, Kimberly A ^a,c   Dyck, Ingrid R ^b   Warshaw, Meredith ^b   Keller, Martin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034119888     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.176.6.544     Document Type: Article

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