OCD and transvestism: Is there a relationship?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 471-473

  Abdo, Carmita Helena Najjar ^a   Hounie, Ana ^a   De Tubino Scanavino, Marco ^a   Miguel, Euripedes Constantino ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Projeto Transtorno Obsessivo C   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Paraphilias; Transvestic fetishism; Transvestism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETISHISM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVIATION; TRANSVESTISM;

ADULT; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; TRANSVESTISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035007401     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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