Obsessive-compulsive disorder among African Americans and blacks of Caribbean descent: results from the national survey of American life
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder among African Americans and blacks of Caribbean descent: results from the National Survey of American Life.
BACKGROUND There is limited research regarding the nature and prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) among various racial and ethnic subpopulations within the United States, including African Americans and blacks of Caribbean descent. Although heterogeneity within the black population in the United States has largely been ignored, notable differences exist between blacks of Caribbean...
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عنوان ژورنال: Depression and Anxiety
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1091-4269,1520-6394
DOI: 10.1002/da.20434