A population-based study on phobic fears and DSM-IV specific phobia in 70-year olds

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-153

  Sigström, Robert ^a   Östling, Svante ^a   Karlsson, Björn ^a   Waern, Margda ^a   Gustafson, Deborah ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Old age; Phobic anxiety; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PANIC; PHOBIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SWEDEN;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 78650241865     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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