The generalized anxiety spectrum: prevalence, onset, course and outcome
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عنوان ژورنال: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0940-1334,1433-8491
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-008-0832-9