Sleep Paralysis in African Americans with Panic Disorder

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-134

  Paradis, Cheryl M ^a   Friedman, Steven ^b  

^a MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Afro Caribbean; ethnicity; panic disorder; sleep paralysis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CRIME; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NARCOLEPSY; PANIC; PARASOMNIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANIC DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SLEEP PARALYSIS;

EID: 16344389332     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461505050720     Document Type: Article

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