Personality differences between obsessive-compulsive disorder subtypes: Washers versus checkers

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-200

  Horesh, N ^a   Dolberg, O T ^b,c   Kirschenbaum Aviner, N ^a   Kotler, M ^d,e  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Diagnosis; Obsessive compulsive personality disorder; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030835366     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)00054-1     Document Type: Article

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