Personality and anxiety disorders: A review

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-151

  Bienvenu, O Joseph ^a,c   Stein, Murray B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REMISSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 0038753004     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.17.2.139.23991     Document Type: Review

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