Burden of anxiety disorders in pediatric medical settings: Prevalence, phenomenology, and a research agenda

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 965-972

  Ramsawh, Holly J ^a   Chavira, Denise A ^a   Stein, Murray B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958062900     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.170     Document Type: Review

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