Workplace phobia - A first explorative study on its relation to established anxiety disorders, sick leave, and work-directed treatment

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 591-605

  Muschalla, Beate ^a   Linden, Michael ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Participation disorders; Return to work; Sick leave; Work ability; Workplace phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE PHOBIA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70449122682     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500903207398     Document Type: Article

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