General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 74-82 , March 2003

A contemporary protocol to assist primary care physicians in the treatment of panic and generalized anxiety disorders

  • Bruce L Rollman, MD, MPH

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-412-692-4853; fax: +1-412-692-4838.
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA USA
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  • Bea Herbeck Belnap, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA USA
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  • Charles F Reynolds, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Herbert C Schulberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, White Plains, NY, USA
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  • M.Katherine Shear, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 74-82 , March 2003

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