Ataques de nervios: Culturally bound and distinct from panic attacks?

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-21

  Keough, Meghan E ^a   Timpano, Kiara R ^a   Schmidt, Norman B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Ataques de nervios; Culture bound syndrome; Panic attacks

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STUDENTS; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549096927     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20498     Document Type: Article

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