Prevalence and childhood antecedents of depersonalization syndrome in a UK birth cohort

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-261

  Lee, William E ^a   Kwok, Charlie H T ^a   Hunter, Elaine C M ^b   Richards, Marcus ^c   David, Anthony S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Childhood; Depersonalization; Population; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857051504     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0327-7     Document Type: Article

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