The neuropsychology of adult obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analysis

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1163-1171

  Abramovitch, Amitai ^a,b   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^c   Mittelman, Andrew ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Memory; Meta analyses; Neuropsychological; Obsessive compulsive disorder; OCD

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ATTENTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDER; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; REVIEW; STROOP TEST; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VELOCITY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS; MEMORY; META-ANALYSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OCD;

ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 84885400444     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2013.09.004     Document Type: Review

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