Different measures of impulsivity in patients with anxiety disorders: A case control study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-236

  Del Carlo, Alessandra ^a   Benvenuti, Marzia ^a   Fornaro, Michele ^b   Toni, Cristina ^a,c   Rizzato, Salvatore ^a   Swann, Alan C ^d   Dell'Osso, Liliana ^a   Perugi, Giulio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c G DE LISIO INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS 11); Immediate and Delayed Memory Task (IMT DMT); Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALRE; BECH-RAFAELSEN DEPRESSION AND MANIA SCALE; BECH-RAFAELSEN MANIA SCALE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; HYPOMANIA CHECK LIST; IMMEDIATE AND DELAYED MEMORY TASK; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERPERSONAL SENSITIVITY SYMPTOMS INVENTORY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEPARATION ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84865103916     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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