title: A survey of anxiety disorders clinics in Canadian hospitals.
abstract: A questionnaire on anxiety disorder services was sent to 240 Canadian hospitals, of which 117 responded. Eighteen of the responding hospitals had anxiety disorder clinics and saw an average of 208 patients a year. These clinics appear to be scarce although, according to epidemiological studies, there is a high prevalence of anxiety disorders in the community. The specific diagnoses of the patients seen in the specialty clinics and the treatments offered generally followed international patterns.
authors.affiliation: Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Swinson
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuch
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Fergus
mesh_terms: D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy