Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 431-436 , September 2009

Perfectionism and sensory phenomena: phenotypic components of obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Jennifer C. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    • Ms Lee and Ms Prado contributed equally to this study and the preparation of the manuscript.
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  • Helena S. Prado

      Affiliations

    • Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP 05403-010, Brazil
    • Ms Lee and Ms Prado contributed equally to this study and the preparation of the manuscript.
    • ,
  • Juliana B. Diniz

      Affiliations

    • Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP 05403-010, Brazil
    • ,
  • Sonia Borcato

      Affiliations

    • Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP 05403-010, Brazil
    • ,
  • Cristina Belotto da Silva

      Affiliations

    • Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP 05403-010, Brazil
    • ,
  • Ana G. Hounie

      Affiliations

    • Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP 05403-010, Brazil
    • ,
  • Euripedes C. Miguel

      Affiliations

    • Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP 05403-010, Brazil
    • ,
  • James F. Leckman

      Affiliations

    • Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    • ,
  • Maria C. do Rosário

      Affiliations

    • Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP 05403-010, Brazil
    • Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of São Paulo, cep 04023-900 São Paulo, SP 05403-010, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of São Paulo, cep 04023-900 São Paulo, SP 05403-010, Brazil. Tel.: +55 5511 55792828.

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 Dr Diniz is the principal investigator of an ongoing investigator initiative trial partially funded by Novartis (São Paulo, Brazil). Remaining authors have received no personal financial support from private companies in the last 12 months and have no conflict of interest or financial involvement with the subject of this article.

PII: S0010-440X(08)00173-9

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.11.007

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 431-436 , September 2009

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