Prevalence of social phobia and its comorbidity with psychiatric disorders in Iran

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 405-411

  Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Ghanizadeh, Ahmad ^a,c   Mohammadi, Mohammad ^b,d   Mesgarpour, Bita ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Research Center of Iran   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Iran; Prevalence; Psychiatric disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PHOBIA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33751054059     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20129     Document Type: Article

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