Cognitive deficits of executive functions and decision-making in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 393-400

  Dittrich, Winand H ^a   Johansen, Thomas ^b  

^a FOM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b National Centre for Occupational Rehabilitation   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; Decision making; Emotion processing; Executive function; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Symptom dimensions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION-MAKING; EMOTION PROCESSING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM DIMENSIONS;

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; DECISION-MAKING; EMOTION PROCESSING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SYMPTOM DIMENSIONS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 84883560332     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12066     Document Type: Article

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