Content of Worry in the Community: What Do People With Generalized Anxiety Disorder or Other Disorders Worry About?

@article{Becker2003ContentOW,
  title={Content of Worry in the Community: What Do People With Generalized Anxiety Disorder or Other Disorders Worry About?},
  author={Eni S. Becker and Renee D. Goodwin and Christoph H{\"o}lting and J{\"u}rgen Hoyer and J{\"u}rgen Margraf},
  journal={The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease},
  year={2003},
  volume={191},
  pages={688-691}
}
*Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany; †Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York; and Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Basel, Switzerland. This study was supported by grant DLR 01EGV9410, Ministry of Science, Research and Education. Reprints: Dr. Becker, Chair of Clinical Psychology, Katholic University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Copyright… 
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