Disseminating treatment for anxiety disorders: Step 1: Recognizing the problem as a precursor to seeking help

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 737-740

  Coles, Meredith E ^a   Schubert, Jessica R ^a   Heimberg, Richard G ^b   Weiss, Barry D ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Dissemination; Mental health literacy; Race; Treatment; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH LITERACY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIGNETTE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908549283     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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