Transdiagnostic emotional vulnerabilities linking obsessive-compulsive and depressive symptoms in a community-based sample of adolescents

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 761-769

  Chasson, Gregory S ^a   Bello, Mariel S ^b   Luxon, Alexandria M ^c   Graham, Trevor A A ^d   Leventhal, Adam M ^b,d  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anhedonia; anxiety; comorbidity; depression; obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85021404995     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22669     Document Type: Article

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