Epidemiology of social phobia;Epidemiologia della fobia sociale

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 203-213

  Pietrini, Francesco ^a   Lelli, Lorenzo ^a   Lo Sauro, Carolina ^a   Faravelli, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community samples; Epidemiology; Gender differences; Lifetime prevalence; One month prevalence; One year prevalence; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIFESPAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70350046087     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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