Is "shy bladder syndrome" (paruresis) correctly classified as social phobia?

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-311

  Hammelstein, Philipp ^a   Soifer, Steven ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Diagnosis; Paruresis; Shy bladder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; PARURIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PHOBIA; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 33645116403     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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