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6 - Generalized Anxiety Disorder

from Section II - The Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 December 2017

Kate M. Scott
Affiliation:
University of Otago, New Zealand
Peter de Jonge
Affiliation:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
Dan J. Stein
Affiliation:
University of Cape Town
Ronald C. Kessler
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School
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Mental Disorders Around the World
Facts and Figures from the World Mental Health Surveys
, pp. 79 - 92
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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