Fluvoxamine in the treatment of trichotillomania, obsessive compulsive disorder and major depression - a case report
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A Comparison of Trichotillomania and Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder 1
The validity o f conceptualizing trichotil lomania (TCM) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as separate and distinct diagnoses was examined in a study of 20 patients with each disorder. A comparison of demographic, psychometric, and clinical features between the two groups revealed a number of statistically significant differences. Patients meeting the criteria for OCD scored higher on mea...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2003
ISSN: 2078-6786,1608-9685
DOI: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v9i2.135