Subthreshold anxiety disorders - Definition, measuring parameters, and epidemiology;Subsyndromale angststörungen: Definition, messparameter und epidemiologie

Journal fur Neurologie, Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-167

  Volz, Hans Peter ^a   Gastpar, M ^b   Kasper, S ^c   Moller H J ^d   Muller W E ^e  

^a Krankenhaus fur Psychiatrie   (Germany)

^b Fliedner Klinik   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Chronification; Classification; Subthreshold anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; REVIEW; SUBTHRESHOLD ANXIETY DISORDER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 79958701118     PISSN: 16081587     EISSN: 16809440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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