Avoidant personality disorder and social phobia: Distinct enough to be separate disorders?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 208-214

  Ralevski, E ^a   Sanislow, C A ^a   Grilo, C M ^a   Skodol, A E ^a   Gunderson, J G ^a   Shea, M Tracie ^a   Yen, S ^a   Bender, D S ^a   Zanarini, M C ^a   McGlashan, Thomas H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidant personality disorder; Comorbidity; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 23844442811     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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