Social anxiety disorder, a lifelong disorder? A review of the spontaneous remission and its predictors

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-122

  Vriends, N ^a,b   Bolt, O C ^c   Kunz, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Review of the literature; Risk factors; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; ICD-10; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; OMAN; ONSET AGE; PANIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 84903983393     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12249     Document Type: Review

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