Assessment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Diagnostic Criteria in the National Comorbidity Survey and Virginia Adult Twin Study of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-216

  Kubarych, Thomas S ^a   Aggen, Steven H ^a   Hettema, John M ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   Neale, Michael C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

generalized anxiety disorder; measurement invariance; psychiatric epidemiology; structured interviews; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 54949154151     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012764     Document Type: Article

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