Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 129-137 , March 2004

Frequency and patterns of psychiatric comorbidity in a sample of primary care patients with anxiety disorders

Portions of this paper were presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, March 21–24, 2002, Austin, TX and at the 30th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group, November 17–20, 2002, New Orleans, LA.

  • Benjamin F Rodriguez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
    • Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Benjamin F. Rodriguez, Ph.D., Southern Illinios University-Carbondale, Department of Psychology, Life Science II, Room 281, Mailcode 6502, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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  • Risa B Weisberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
    • Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
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  • Maria E Pagano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
    • Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
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  • Jason T Machan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
    • Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
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  • Larry Culpepper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
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  • Martin B Keller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
    • Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA

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☆ The Primary Care Anxiety Project (PCAP) is supported by an unrestricted grant from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

PII: S0010-440X(03)00167-6

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2003.09.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 129-137 , March 2004

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