A symptom-level examination of parent-child agreement in the diagnosis of anxious youths

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 878-886

  Comer, Jonathan S ^a   Kendall, Philip C ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Parent child agreement; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 3042609735     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000125092.35109.c5     Document Type: Article

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