Epidemiology of fears and specific phobia in adolescence: Results from the Mexican adolescent mental health survey

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-158

  Benjet, Corina ^a   Borges, Guilherme ^a   Stein, Dan J ^c   Méndez, Enrique ^b   Medina Mora, María Elena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EATING DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INJECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICO; MOOD DISORDER; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORLD MENTAL HEALTH COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW;

EID: 84857774488     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.11m07442     Document Type: Article

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