A comparative study of obsessive-compulsive disorder in Costa Rica and the United States

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 609-619

  Chavira, Denise A ^a   Garrido, Helena ^b   Bagnarello, Monica ^b   Azzam, Amin ^a   Reus, Victor I ^a   Mathews, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hospital CIMA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Compulsions; Culture; Hispanic; Latino; Obsessions; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COSTA RICA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49149084237     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20357     Document Type: Article

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