title: [Diagnostic aspects of anxiety disorders].
abstract: A concise review is presented of epidemiological, family- and genetic studies in anxiety disorders. Special emphasis is given to recent developments in the classification of anxiety disorders. The literature in which a more central role of panic attacks is suggested, is critically reviewed. Based upon the studies reviewed it is questionable whether the diagnosis agoraphobia without panic attacks is justified.
authors.affiliation: Service de psychiatrie biologique, Clinique universitaire d'Utrecht, Pays-Bas.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: den Boer
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Westenberg
mesh_terms: D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000145:classification; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Aspects diagnostiques des troubles anxieux.