The Utility of Clinicians Ratings of Anxiety Using the Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale (PARS)

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-105

  Ginsburg, Golda S ^a   Keeton, Courtney P ^a   Drazdowski, Tess K ^a   Riddle, Mark A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Assessment; Children; Rating scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953025198     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-010-9125-3     Document Type: Article

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