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Recognition and management of anxiety syndromes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen
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The past two decades have witnessed an increasing interest in research on anxiety syndromes and disorders. Significant advances in basic and clinical research, accompanied by animated ongoing discussions about the most appropriate, reliable and valid way to classify and assess anxiety disorders, have changed our understanding of anxiety disorders and affected (or some might say confused) our research and treatment practice.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 173 , Issue S34: Recognition and management of anxiey syndromes , July 1998 , pp. 1 - 3
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1998 

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