Psychiatric Comorbidity and Hoarding Symptoms in African Americans With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 259-279

  Williams, Monnica T ^a   Brown, Tamara L ^b   Sawyer, Broderick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; comorbidity; ethnic differences; hoarding; obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015153941     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798416639438     Document Type: Article

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