Prevalence rates of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and psychiatric comorbidity among adolescents in Iran

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 680-687

  Shams, Giti ^a   Foroughi, Elham ^b   Esmaili, Yaghoob ^c   Amini, Homayoon ^a   Ebrahimkhani, Narges ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Co morbidity; Epidemiology; OC symptoms; Psychiatric problems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80655132091     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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