Obsessive-compulsive disorder in popular magazines

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-312

  Wahl, Otto F ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MASS MEDIUM; OBSESSION; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MASS MEDIA; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0034125285     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001913415961     Document Type: Article

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