Obsessive-compulsive severity spectrum in the community: Prevalence, comorbidity, and course

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 156-164

  Angst, Jules ^a   Gamma, Alex ^a   Endrass, Jerome ^a   Goodwin, Renee ^b   Ajdacic, Vladeta ^a   Eich, Dominique ^a   Rössler, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Course; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Obsessive compulsive spectrum; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BULIMIA; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; INTERVIEW; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 4243084525     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0459-4     Document Type: Article

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