Prevalence and some psychosocial characteristics of social anxiety disorder in an urban population of Turkish children and adolescents


Demir T., KARACETIN G., DEMIR D. E., Uysal O.

EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY, vol.28, no.1, pp.64-69, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.12.003
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.64-69
  • Keywords: Social phobia, Adolescent psychiatry, Epidemiology, PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS, RISK-FACTORS, DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW, MENTAL-DISORDERS, PHOBIA, COMORBIDITY, GENDER, FEARS, RELIABILITY, SCHEDULE
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: To define the prevalence and some of the psychosocial characteristics of social anxiety disorder (SAD) in an urban population of Turkish children and adolescents.