A comparison of lay-beliefs about autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-307

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Buck, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSIC THERAPY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0347899321     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764003494006     Document Type: Article

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