Life Events in panic disorder-An update on "candidate stressors"

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 716-730

  Domschke, Katharina ^a   Klauke, Benedikt ^a,b   Deckert, Jürgen ^b   Reif, Andreas ^b   Pauli, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Anxiety sensitivity; Appraisal; Gene environment interaction; Life stress; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; CHILDHOOD; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY; STRESS; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956812756     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20667     Document Type: Review

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