The developmental epidemiology of anxiety disorders: Phenomenology, prevalence, and comorbidity
The developmental epidemiology of anxiety disorders: Phenomenology, prevalence, and comorbidity
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chc.2005.06.003
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发表时间：
2005-10-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Angold, A
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作者：
Costello, EJ;Egger, HL;Angold, A
本文认为，在过去的几年里，用于测量儿童和青少年焦虑症的诊断工具的质量有了很大的提高。因此，患病率的估计不那么不稳定，对合并症的了解正在增加，并且更仔细地考虑了损害作为“病例”标准的作用。为流行病学研究开发的几种仪器现在正在临床上使用。实验室方法与临床和流行病学思想的进一步整合将使焦虑症儿童及其家庭受益。
This article argues that the quality of diagnostic tools used to measure anxiety disorders in children and adolescents has improved enormously in the past few years. As a result, prevalence estimates are less erratic, understanding of comorbidity is increasing, and the role of impairment as a criterion for "caseness" is considered more carefully. Several of the instruments developed for epidemiologic research are now being used in clinical settings. Further integration of laboratory methods and clinical and epidemiologic ideas will benefit children with anxiety disorders and their families.