Preliminary study of OCD and health disparities at the U.S.-Mexico border

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-99

  Olson, Tom ^a   Vera, Beatriz ^a   Perez, Oriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Border; Hispanics; Mixed methods; Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONAZEPAM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; LITHIUM SALT; PAROXETINE; RISPERIDONE; VALERIAN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MEXICO; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750354530     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/hhci.4.2.89     Document Type: Article

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