Late-onset agoraphobia: General population incidence and evidence for a clinical subtype

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 790-798

  Ritchie, Karen ^a   Norton, Joanna ^a   Mann, Anthony ^a   Carrière, Isabelle ^a   Ancelin, Marie Laure ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; ONSET AGE; PANIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 84883202398     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12091235     Document Type: Article

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