Implications of modifying the duration requirement of generalized anxiety disorder in developed and developing countries

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1163-1176

  Lee, S ^a,t   Tsang, A ^a   Ruscio, A M ^b   Haro, J M ^c   Stein, D J ^d   Alonso, J ^e   Angermeyer, M C ^f   Bromet, E J ^g   Demyttenaere, K ^h   De Girolamo, G ⁱ   De Graaf, R ^j   Gureje, O ^k   Iwata, N ^l   Karam, E G ^m   Lepine, J P ⁿ   Levinson, D ^o   Medina Mora, M E ^p   Oakley Browne, M A ^q   Posada Villa, J ^r   Kessler, R C ^s  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f Center for Public Mental Health   (Austria)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ Regional Health Care Agency   (Italy)

^j NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^l HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

ⁿ HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^o MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^p INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^q MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^r Colombia   (Colombia)

^s HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^t CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Author keywords

Cross national; Diagnosis; Duration; Epidemiology; Generalized anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SHEEHAN DISABILITY SCALE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249219101     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708004807     Document Type: Article

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