The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: Data from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative

The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: Data from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative

Abstract Background There is evidence that social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a prevalent and disabling disorder. However, most of the available data on the epidemiology of this condition originate from high income countries in the West. The World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative provides an oppo...

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Main Authors: Dan J. Stein, Carmen C. W. Lim, Annelieke M. Roest, Peter de Jonge, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Ali Al-Hamzawi, Jordi Alonso, Corina Benjet, Evelyn J. Bromet, Ronny Bruffaerts, Giovanni de Girolamo, Silvia Florescu, Oye Gureje, Josep Maria Haro, Meredith G. Harris, Yanling He, Hristo Hinkov, Itsuko Horiguchi, Chiyi Hu, Aimee Karam, Elie G. Karam, Sing Lee, Jean-Pierre Lepine, Fernando Navarro-Mateu, Beth-Ellen Pennell, Marina Piazza, Jose Posada-Villa, Margreet ten Have, Yolanda Torres, Maria Carmen Viana, Bogdan Wojtyniak, Miguel Xavier, Ronald C. Kessler, Kate M. Scott, WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Social anxiety disorder
Social phobia
Cross-national epidemiology
World Mental Health Survey Initiative
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0889-2

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