Factors associated with non-treatment or delayed treatment seeking in OCD sufferers: A review of the literature

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-10

  García Soriano, Gemma ^a   Rufer, Michael ^b   Delsignore, Aba ^b   Weidt, Steffi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health care seeking; Health care utilisation; Help seeking behaviour; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Seek advice; Treatment barriers; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSIVENESS; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GENDER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SHAME; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84908247266     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.07.009     Document Type: Review

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