Specific Phobia in Youth: Phenomenology and Psychological Characteristics

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-141

  Ollendick, Thomas H ^a   Raishevich, Natoshia ^a   Davis III III, Thompson E ^b   Sirbu, Cristian ^c   Öst, Lars Göran ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76549135011     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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