Anxiety symptom presentations in Han Chinese and Euro-Canadian outpatients: Is distress always somatized in China?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 111-114

  Zhou, Xiaolu ^a   Dere, Jessica ^b   Zhu, Xiongzhao ^c   Yao, Shuqiao ^c   Chentsova Dutton, Yulia E ^d   Ryder, Andrew G ^b  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chinese; Culture; Depression; Euro Canadian; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054991428     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.06.049     Document Type: Article

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