Anxiety disorders among African Americans, blacks of Caribbean descent, and non-Hispanic whites in the United States

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 578-590

  Himle, Joseph A ^a   Baser, Raymond E ^a   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a   Campbell, Rosalyn Denise ^a   Jackson, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Prevalence; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CARIBBEAN REGION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64249144593     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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