Avoidant personality disorder in individuals with generalized social anxiety disorder: What does it add?

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 665-672

  Marques, Luana ^a   Porter, Eliora ^a,b   Keshaviah, Aparna ^a   Pollack, Mark H ^c   Van Ameringen, Michael ^d   Stein, Murray B ^e   Simon, Naomi M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD); Generalized social anxiety disorder (GSAD); Major depressive disorder (MMD); Severity continuum hypothesis; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863876658     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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