What pharmacology teaches us about the pathophysiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder O que a farmacologia ensina sobre a fisiopatologia dos transtornos obsessivo-compulsivos
Once considered rare and resistant to treatments, obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) has now emerged as one the most common psychiatric conditions, with a lifetime prevalence of about 2.5 %, and as a major cause of long-term disability to patients and their families. The treatment of OCD has chang...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
2000-12-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462000000400009 |