Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 480-485 , September 2010

Risk factors for delaying treatment seeking in obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Mehmet Murat Demet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Artuner Deveci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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  • E. Oryal Taşkın

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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  • Pınar Erbay Dündar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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  • Aylin Türel Ermertcan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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  • Selin Mızrak Demet

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Hospital, Manisa, Turkey
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  • Dilek Bayraktar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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  • Serap Öztürkcan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.02.008

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 480-485 , September 2010

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