Depressive and anxiety symptoms in a community sample of young adults and correlati1on with help-seeking behavior;Distribuzione della sintomatologia depressiva e ansiosa e correlazione con le condotte di Help-Seeking in un campione comunitario di giovani adulti

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 25-32

  Armando, M ^a,b,c   Dario, C ^a,b   Righetti, V ^a,b   Saba, R ^a,b   Cavaggioni, G ^a,b   Lia, C ^a,b   Nastro, P Fiori ^a,b  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze Psichiatriche e Medicina Psicologica   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety symptoms; College students; Depressive symptoms; Help seeking; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; STRESS RELATED VULNERABILITY SCALE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857265410     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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