Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 209-214 , May 2009

Personality disorder traits as predictors of subsequent first-onset panic disorder or agoraphobia

  • O. Joseph Bienvenu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 410 614 9063; fax: +1 410 614 5913.
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  • Murray B. Stein

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92037, USA
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  • Jack F. Samuels

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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  • Chiadi U. Onyike

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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  • William W. Eaton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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  • Gerald Nestadt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.08.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 209-214 , May 2009

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