The anger syndrome hwa-byung and its comorbidity

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 211-214

  Min, Sung Kil ^a   Suh, Shin young ^b  

^a Seoul Metropolitan Eunpyeong Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Pochun Cha Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anger; Comorbidity; Diagnosis; Hwa byung

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANGER SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HWA BYUNG; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HATE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952291478     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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