Current Issues in Anxiety and Depression: Comorbid, Mixed, and Subthreshold Disorders

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-83

  Rivas Vazquez, Rafael A ^a,h   Saffa Biller, Dalia ^b   Ruiz, Ivonne ^c   Blais, Mark A ^d,e   Rivas Vazquez, Ana ^f,g  

^a MIAMI RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b Weston Ctr for Psychol Services   (United States)

^c Citrus Health Network   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Citrus Health Network

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0442275756     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.35.1.74     Document Type: Review

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