Cognitions in children with OCD: A pilot study for age specific relations with severity

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 353-361

  Verhaak, L M ^a   De Haan, E ^a  

^a De Bascule   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Cognitive theory; Magical thinking; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Thought action fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THINKING;

EID: 34548131972     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-007-0606-3     Document Type: Article

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