The nature and correlates of avoidance in obsessivecompulsive disorder

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 871-879

  Starcevic, Vladan ^a,b   Berle, David ^c   Brakoulias, Vlasios ^a,b   Sammut, Peter ^b   Moses, Karen ^c   Milicevic, Denise ^c   Hannan, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Nepean Anxiety Disorders Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Contamination obsessions; Hoarding; Obsessions; Obsessivecompulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE HOARDING; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 80053995030     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.607632     Document Type: Article

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