Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 99-108 , March 2004

The predictors of health care seeking behavior in obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Lütfullah Beşiroğlu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Lütfullah Beşiroğlu, M.D., Yüzüncü Yil University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Van 65200, Turkey
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  • Ali Savaş Çilli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey
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  • Rüstem Aşk℩n

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2003.12.010

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 99-108 , March 2004

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