Ultra-orthodox rabbinic responses to religious obsessive-compulsive disorder

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-192

  Greenberg, David ^a,b   Shefler, Gaby ^a,c  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 62149118284     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
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