Sex differences in Indian patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-75

  Jaisoorya, T S ^a   Janardhan Reddy, Y C ^a   Srinath, S ^a   Thennarasu, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPULSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 57049149624     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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