A hidden problem: Consequences of the misdiagnosis of perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 610, 2013, Pages 275-276

  Challacombe, Fiona L ^a   Wroe, Abigail L ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERINATAL OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84877135112     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X667376     Document Type: Article

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