Romantic attachment in patients with mood and anxiety disorders

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 751-756

  Marazziti, Donatella ^a   Dell'Osso, Bernardo ^a   Dell'Osso, Mario Catena ^a   Consoli, Giorgio ^a   Del Debbio, Alessandro ^a   Mungai, Francesco ^a   Vivarelli, Laura ^a   Albanese, Francesco ^a   Piccinni, Armando ^a   Rucci, Paola ^a   Dell'Osso, Liliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCE IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 35948963321     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900015431     Document Type: Article

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