Anxiety disorders in women: Does gender matter to treatment?;Transtornos de ansiedade em mulheres: Gênero influência o tratamento?

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages

  Kinrys, Gustavo ^a,b   Wygant, Lisa E ^a,b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressive agents therapeutic use; Anxiety disorders drug therapy; Anxiety disorders epidemiology; Anxiety disorders genetics; Depressive disorder; Disease susceptibility; Gender Identity Women's health

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644501310     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462005000600003     Document Type: Review

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