African Americans with obsessive-compulsive disorder: An update

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 109-114

  Williams, Monnica ^a   Debreaux, Marlena ^a   Jahn, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Assessment; Ethnic differences; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; REVIEW; STIGMA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84983786208     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: 18756441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573400512666160602124146     Document Type: Review

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