When too much is not enough: Obsessive-compulsive disorder as a pathology of stopping, rather than starting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hinds, Andrea L ^a   Woody, Erik Z ^b   van Ameringen, Michael ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a   Szechtman, Henry ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COMPULSION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; THREAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAPER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DIAPERS, INFANT; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SELF STIMULATION; TOUCH; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856289525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030586     Document Type: Article

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