Quality of life in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder: A longitudinal study from India

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 178-182

  Srivastava, Shruti ^a   Bhatia, M S ^a   Thawani, Rajat ^a   Jhanjee, Anurag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Follow up; India; OCD; QoL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

EID: 80052971343     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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