Is disorder X in category or spectrum Y? General considerations and application to the relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-335

  Stein, Dan J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Categorization; Dimension; Nosology; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Philosophy; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; NEUROSCIENCE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 42949137887     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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