Neuropsychological functioning in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Are executive functions the key deficit?

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 533-540

  Kashyap, Himani ^a   Kumar, J Keshav ^a   Kandavel, Thennarasu ^a   Reddy, Y C Janardhan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DSM-IV; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECALL; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 84879077142     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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