Epidemiology of anxiety disorders in the Australian general population: Findings of the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 957-967

  McEvoy, Peter M ^a,b   Grove, Rachel ^c   Slade, Tim ^a  

^a Centre for Clinical Interventions ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Comorbidity; DSM IV; Epidemiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSTHYMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 80555131964     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.624083     Document Type: Review

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