The status quo as a good outcome: How the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder remained unchanged from the DSM-IV criteria

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 995-997

  Starcevic, Vladan ^a   Portman, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Private Practice   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DSM-5; DSM-IV; DSM-IV-TR; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NOTE; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 84887459791     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867413503719     Document Type: Note

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