The Internet: Home to a severe population of individuals with social anxiety disorder?

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 629-646

  Erwin, Brigette A ^a,b   Turk, Cynthia L ^a   Heimberg, Richard G ^a   Fresco, David M ^a   Hantula, Donald A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet based survey; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia; Web based survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242733058     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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