Improbability of response inhibition as a causal etiological factor of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-254

  Abramovitch, Amitai ^a   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPULSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSEXECUTIVE QUESTIONNAIRE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING DEFICIT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LETTER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 84900007964     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.01.050     Document Type: Letter

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