The nature, assessment, and treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder

Psicologia Conductual

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 535-551

  Keeley, Mary ^a   Storch, Eric A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449102965     PISSN: 11329483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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