Executive functions and the obsessive-compulsive disorder: On the importance of subclinical symptoms and other concomitant factors

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 585-598

  Bédard, Marie Josée ^a   Joyal, Christian C ^a   Godbout, Lucie ^a   Chantal, Sophie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Confounding factors; Depression; Executive functions; Neuropsychology; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 70350734707     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp052     Document Type: Article

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