Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 270-275 , July 2006

Impact of obsessive-compulsive disorder on quality of life

  • Jane L. Eisen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA. Tel.: +1 401 455 6375; fax: +1 401 455 6497.
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  • Maria A. Mancebo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
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  • Anthony Pinto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
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  • Meredith E. Coles

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
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  • Maria E. Pagano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
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  • Robert Stout

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
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  • Steven A. Rasmussen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.11.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 270-275 , July 2006

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