Impairment and quality of life in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 342-349

  Henning, Eric R ^a   Turk, Cynthia L ^b   Mennin, Douglas S ^c   Fresco, David M ^d   Heimberg, Richard G ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Generalized anxiety disorder; Impairment; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DYSTHYMIA; EATING DISORDER; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; PLAY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPECIFIC PHOBIA; WORK DISABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34548646324     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20249     Document Type: Article

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