Phobic nature of social difficulty in facially disfigured people

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 176, Issue FEB., 2000, Pages 177-181

  Newell, Robert ^a   Marks, Isaac ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FACE MALFORMATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGORAPHOBIA; DISABLED PERSONS; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0034434688     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.176.2.177     Document Type: Article

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