Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common disorder in adolescents, usually treated in the outpatient setting. Our aim in this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics of adolescents with severe OCD that required hospitalization. A total of 342 patients consecutively admitted to a psy
Differences in the clinical characteristics of adolescent depressive disorders
✍ Scribed by Linnea Karlsson; Mirjami Pelkonen; Hannele Heilä; Matti Holi; Olli Kiviruusu; Virpi Tuisku; Titta Ruuttu; Mauri Marttunen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1091-4269
- DOI
- 10.1002/da.20233
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