Cross-cultural differences in somatic presentation in patients with generalized anxiety disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 962-966

  Hoge, Elizabeth A ^a   Tamrakar, Sharad M ^b   Christian, Kelly M ^a   Mahara, Namrata ^b   Nepal, Mahendra K ^b   Pollack, Mark H ^a   Simon, Naomi M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Cross cultural comparison; Transcultural studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEPAL; NERVOUSNESS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845725534     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000243813.59385.75     Document Type: Article

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