Disability and quality of life in schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder: A cross-sectional comparative study

East Asian Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-13

  Solanki, Ram Kumar ^a   Singh, Paramjeet ^a   Midha, Aarti ^b   Chugh, Karan ^c   Swami, Mukesh Kumar ^a  

^a SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SDM Hospital   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Quality of life; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77951484089     PISSN: 20789947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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