Social anxiety disorder subtypes and their mental health correlates in a nationally representative canadian sample

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-98

  Chartrand, Hayley ^a,b   Cox, Brian ^a   El Gabalawy, Renée ^a   Clara, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b PZ 430 PsycHealth Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian community health survey; Epidemiology; Generalised and nongeneralised; Social anxiety disorder; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955586913     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022435     Document Type: Article

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