Global prevalence of anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta-regression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 897-910

  Baxter, A J ^a,b   Scott, K M ^c   Vos, T ^b   Whiteford, H A ^a,b  

^a Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; epidemiology; global burden of disease; mental disorders; prevalence; psychiatric epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84875922807     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329171200147X     Document Type: Review

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