Social phobia in Nigerian university students: Prevalence, correlates and co-morbidity

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 458-463

  Bella, Tolulope T ^a   Omigbodun, Olayinka O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Correlates; Nigeria; Prevalence; Social phobia; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STATUS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 67349196068     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0457-3     Document Type: Article

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