Sexual orientation obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Prevalence and correlates

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 156-159

  Williams, Monnica T ^a   Farris, Samantha G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Sexual obsessions; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION OBSESSION; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SYMPTOM CHECKLIST AND SEVERITY SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79953074535     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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