Prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in Iran

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Ghanizadeh, Ahmad ^a   Rahgozar, Mehdi ^c   Ali Noorbala, Ahmad ^a   Davidian, Haratoun ^a   Afzali, Hossein Malek ^d   Naghavi, Hamid Reza ^a   Bagheri Yazdi, Seyed Abbas ^e   Saberi, Seyed Mehdi ^f   Mesgarpour, Bita ^b   Akhondzadeh, Shahin ^a   Alaghebandrad, Javad ^a   Tehranidoost, Mehdi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Natl Res Ctr of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^f LEGAL MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OCCUPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 2642583231     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-4-2     Document Type: Article

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