Exploring new diagnostic concepts in psychopathology: A clinical and methodological critique to the obsessive-compulsive spectrum

Italian Journal of Psychopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-71

  Aragona, Massimiliano ^a   Catapano, R ^b   Alliani, D ^a   Vella, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Categories; Classification; Continuum; Diagnosis; Phenomenal features; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847042539     PISSN: 15921107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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