The dutch social interaction anxiety scale and the social phobia scale: reliability, validity, and clinical utility

Edwin de Beurs1, Deirdre Tielen2, Lisa Wollmann3

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands ; Rivierduinen Mental Health Institution, Postbus 405, 2300 AK Leiden, The Netherlands ; Department of Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK Leiden, The Netherlands.

Psychiatry Journal
|April 5, 2014
PubMed

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