Increased risk of mental disorders among lifetime victims of stalking - Findings from a community study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 142-145

  Kuehner, Christine ^a   Gass, Peter ^a   Dressing, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mental disorders; Stalking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; STALKING; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33947717131     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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