Psychopathology associated with social withdrawal: Idiopathic and comorbid presentations

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 182-183

  Teo, Alan R ^a   Stufflebam, Kyle ^b   Saha, Somnath ^a   Fetters, Michael D ^c   Tateno, Masaru ^d   Kanba, Shigenobu ^e   Kato, Takahiro A ^e,f  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERNET ADDICTION TEST; JAPAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930046950     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.04.033     Document Type: Letter

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