Obsessive compulsive disorder in the workplace: An invisible disability

Women and Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 169-178

  Neal Barnett, Angela ^a   Mendelson, Lorre Leon ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b En LIGHTNING Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; American with Disabilities Act; Anxiety; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037871992     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v26n01_11     Document Type: Article

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