Late-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder: The role of stressful life events

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 341-344

  Velayudhan, Latha ^a   Katz, Anthony W ^b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Late onset; Life events; OCD

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PAROXETINE; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FINGER TIP INJURY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PAROXETINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744782047     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610205002735     Document Type: Article

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