Neuropsychological impairment in obsessive-compulsive disorder - Improvement over the course of cognitive behavioral treatment

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1273-1287

  Kuelz, Anne Katrin ^a   Riemann, Dieter ^a   Halsband, Ulrike ^b   Vielhaber, Kirstin ^a   Unterrainer, Josef ^b   Kordon, Andreas ^c   Voderholzer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REY OSTERRIETH COMPLEX FIGURE TEST; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750067088     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390500507246     Document Type: Article

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