Alopecia areata: Psychiatric comorbidity and adjustment to illness

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 434-437

  Ruiz Doblado, Sergio ^a,b   Carrizosa, Ana ^a,b   García Hernández, Maria Jose ^a,b  

^a Hospital de Osuna   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPATHY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LIFE; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0038377358     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01340.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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