Psychogenic urinary retention ('paruresis'): Diagnosis and epidemiology in a representative male sample

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 308-314

  Hammelstein, Philipp ^a   Pietrowsky, Reinhard ^a   Merbach, Martin ^b   Brähler, Elmar ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Paruresis; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDUCATION; EMPIRICISM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL PHOBIA; URINE RETENTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 23844486375     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086322     Document Type: Article

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