Blood-injury related phobic avoidance as predictor of nonresponse to pharmacotherapy in panic disorder with agoraphobia

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-233

  Overbeek, Thea ^a,b,d   Büchold, Hagen ^c   Schruers, Koen ^a,b   Griez, Eric ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Academic Anxiety Center   (Netherlands)

^c VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood injury phobia; Panic disorder; Predictors

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842265829     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00312-9     Document Type: Article

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