Social phobia in the community: Relationship between diagnostic threshold and prevalence

European Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-28

  Pelissolo A ^a   Andre C ^b   Moutard Martin, F ^c   Wittchen, H U ^d   Lepine J P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^c Produits Roche   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Epidemiology; Impairment; Social anxiety; Social phobia; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 0343851690     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(00)00214-5     Document Type: Article

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