Generalized anxiety disorder and clinical worry episodes in young women

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1227-1237

  Hoyer, J ^a,b   Becker, E S ^a,b   Margraf, J ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036772237     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702006360     Document Type: Article

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