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Epidemiology and natural course of social fears and social phobia

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2003 · Vol. 108(s417) · pp. 4–18

Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen✉(TU Dresden)Lydia Fehm(Klinikum Chemnitz)

Abstract

Prospective longitudinal studies in representative samples drawn from the general population provide information that allows the overall direct and indirect costs of the disorder (treatment costs, disability, social welfare) to be determined, and enables an improvement in long-term care strategies as well as preventive efforts to be established.

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Youth Substance Use and School AttendancePsychiatryEpidemiologyComorbidityAnxietyPsychologySubclinical infectionLongitudinal studyAnxiety disorderLife course approachClinical psychology

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AdolescentAdultAgedCareer MobilityFearFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPhobic DisordersQuality of LifeRisk FactorsSocial BehaviorComorbidity

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