Social phobia and number of social fears, and their association with comorbidity, health-related quality of life and help seeking

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 273-279

  Acarturk, C ^a   Graaf, Ron ^b   Straten, A ^a   Have, M Ten ^b   Cuijpers, P ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Help seeking behaviour; Number of social fears; Quality of life; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 41549091809     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0309-1     Document Type: Article

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