Obsessive-compulsive disorder familial-developmental history, symptomatology, comorbidity and course with special reference to gender-related differences

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-107

  Lensi, P ^a   Cassano, G B ^a   Correddu, G ^b   Ravagli, S ^a   Kunovac, J L ^c   Akiskal, H S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SIMAP (Servizio Igiene Mentale Assistenza Psichiatrica)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSESSION; PANIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029748305     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.1.101     Document Type: Review

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