Lifetime prevalence and impact of stalking in a European population: Epidemiological data from a middle-sized German City

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 187, Issue AUG., 2005, Pages 168-172

  Dressing, Harald ^a,b   Kuehner, Christine ^a   Gass, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STALKING; VICTIM; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 23744481285     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.2.168     Document Type: Article

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