Generalized anxiety disorder in China: Prevalence, sociodemographic correlates, comorbidity, and suicide attempts

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-127

  Ma, Xin ^a   Xiang, Yu Tao ^a,b   Cai, Zhuo Ji ^a   Lu, Jin Yan ^b   Li, Shu Ran ^c   Xiang, Ying Qiang ^a   Guo, Hong Li ^a   Hou, Ye Zhi ^a   Li, Zhen Bo ^a   Li, Zhan Jiang ^a   Tao, Yu Fen ^a   Dang, Wei Min ^c   Wu, Xiao Mei ^c   Deng, Jing ^a   Lai, Kelly Y C ^b   Ungvari, Gabor S ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

China; Generalized anxiety disorder; Prevalence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849269620     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2009.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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