Prevalence of common phobias and their socio-demographic correlates in children and adolescents in a traditional developing society

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-145

  Bener, A ^a,b   Ghuloum, S ^c   Dafeeah, E E ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Children; Phobia; Prevalence; Qatar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOBIA; PHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIFIC PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80054021044     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v14i2.6     Document Type: Article

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