Social phobia in Swedish adolescents: Prevalence and gender differences

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Gren Landell, Malin ^a   Tillfors, Maria ^b   Furmark, Tomas ^c   Bohlin, Gunilla ^c   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,d   Svedin, Carl Göran ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gender; Prevalence; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 59349103573     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0400-7     Document Type: Article

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