Anxiety Disorders and Temperament—an Update Review

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Kampman, Olli ^a,b   Viikki, Merja ^a,c   Leinonen, Esa ^a,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Adolescent Clinic   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; FFM; NEO; TCI; Temperament; TEMPS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CYCLOTHYMIA; DEPRESSION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HARM AVOIDANCE; HUMAN; NEO FIVE FACTOR INVENTORY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; TEMPERAMENT EVALUATION OF THE MEMPHIS PISA PARIS AND SAN DIEGO; TRIDIMENSIONAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLASSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 85017511228     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-017-0779-5     Document Type: Review

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