The association between social phobia, social anxiety cognitions and paranoid symptoms

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-227

  Schutters, S I J ^a   Dominguez, M D G ^a,b   Knappe, S ^c   Lieb, R ^d,e   Van Os, J ^a,f   Schruers, K R J ^a   Wittchen, H U ^c,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Paranoid symptoms; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PARANOID DISORDERS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84856949136     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01787.x     Document Type: Article

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