The development of agoraphobia in panic disorder: A predictable process?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-50

  Langs, Gernot ^a   Quehenberger, Franz ^b   Fabisch, Karin ^a   Klug, Günter ^a   Fabisch, Hans ^a   Zapotoczky, Hans Georg ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Inst Med Statistik/Informatik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Panic attacks; PDU

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROCIRCULATORY ASTHENIA; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034176647     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(99)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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