Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 375-383 , September 2004

Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and hoarding symptoms: A distinctive clinical subtype?

  • Leonardo F. Fontenelle

      Affiliations

    • Anxiety and Depression Research Program, Institute of Psychiatry of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author Information Address reprint requests to Leonardo F. Fontenelle, M.D., D.Sc., Rua Lopes Trovão #88, Apartment 1501, Bloco A, Icaraí, Niterói, RJ, CEP: 24220-071, Brazil
    • ,
  • Mauro V. Mendlowicz

      Affiliations

    • Ethics Research Program, Institute of Psychiatry of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Fluminense Federal University (MSM/UFF) Niteroı́, Brazil, Brazil
    • ,
  • Isabela D. Soares

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychology (IP/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Márcio Versiani

      Affiliations

    • Anxiety and Depression Research Program, Institute of Psychiatry of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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☆ Supported by a grant from CNPq (Process #141517/00-0).

PII: S0010-440X(04)00041-0

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.03.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 375-383 , September 2004

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