Rates and predictors of remission in young women with specific phobia: A prospective community study

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 958-964

  Trumpf, Julia ^a   Becker, Eni S ^b   Vriends, Noortje ^a   Meyer, Andrea H ^a   Margraf, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Natural course; Predictors; Remission; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOBIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REMISSION; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749118101     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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