Frequency and clinical correlates of adult separation anxiety in a sample of 508 outpatients with mood and anxiety disorders

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-46

  Pini, S ^a   Abelli, M ^a   Shear, K M ^b   Cardini, A ^a   Lari, L ^a   Gesi, C ^a   Muti, M ^a   Calugi, S ^a   Galderisi, S ^c   Troisi, A ^d   Bertolino, A ^e   Cassano, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry University of Naples SUNI ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult separation anxiety; Anxiety disorders; Comorbidity; Mood disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB ADAPTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; ONSET AGE; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; OUTPATIENTS; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77953086078     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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