Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 243-249 , May 2010

Moderators and mediators among panic, agoraphobia symptoms, and suicidal ideation in patients with panic disorder

  • Mei-Feng Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung, 802 Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Fang Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807 Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, 809 Taiwan
    • ,
  • For-Wey Lung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, 802 Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807 Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, 114 Taiwan
    • Calo Psychiatric Center, Pingtung County, 925 Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung city 802, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 749 0056; fax: +886 7 749 3767.

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.07.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 243-249 , May 2010

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