Panic disorder and subthreshold panic in the UK general population: Epidemiology, comorbidity and functional limitation

European Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 354-362

  Skapinakis, P ^a,b   Lewis, G ^a   Davies, S ^a   Brugha, T ^c   Prince, M ^d   Singleton, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UK Drug Policy Commission   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Panic disorder; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PANIC; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVISED CLINICAL INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT FORM 12; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBTHRESHOLD PANIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC; PANIC DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052260345     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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