High anxieties: The social construction of anxiety disorders

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 429-436

  Dowbiggin, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Anxiety disorders; DSM; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Self help and recovery movement; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; SERTRALINE; TRANQUILIZER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANXIETY DISORDER; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPATHECTOMY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CANADA; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUGGESTION;

EID: 70249108192     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370905400703     Document Type: Review

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