The prevalence and correlates of adult separation anxiety disorder in an anxiety clinic

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Silove, Derrick M ^a,b   Marnane, Claire L ^b   Wagner, Renate ^b,c   Manicavasagar, Vijaya L ^b,d   Rees, Susan ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NEUROSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; AGE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 77949462099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-21     Document Type: Article

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