Generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and their comorbidity as predictors of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: The Vietnam experience study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-403

  Phillips, Anna C ^a   Batty, G David ^b,c   Gale, Catharine R ^d   Deary, Ian J ^c   Osborn, David ^e   MacIntyre, Kate ^b   Carroll, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Generalized anxiety disorder; Major depressive disorder; Mortality; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VETERAN; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049087792     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31819e6706     Document Type: Article

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