Recovery from social phobia in the community and its predictors: Data from a longitudinal epidemiological study

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 320-337

  Vriends, Noortje ^a   Becker, Eni S ^b   Meyer, Andrea ^a   Williams, S Lloyd ^a   Lutz, Rainer ^c   Margraf, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Recovery; Remission; Risk factors; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRESS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33947116398     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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