Gender effect on clinical features and drug treatment response in social anxiety disorder (social phobia)

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-155

  Bezerra De Menezes, Gabriela ^a   Fontenelle, Leonardo F ^a,b   Versiani, Marcio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Anxiety and Depression Research Program ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Gender; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 45849126786     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651500701568317     Document Type: Article

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