Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 2 , Pages 193-199 , 15 March 2002

Dimensional structure of the Yale–Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)

  • Steffen Moritz

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Hamburg, Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Beat Meier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
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  • Martin Kloss

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Hamburg, Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Dirk Jacobsen

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Hamburg, Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Christian Wein

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Hamburg, Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Susanne Fricke

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Hamburg, Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Iver Hand

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Hamburg, Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany

Received 8 May 2001 ,Revised 2 December 2001 ,Accepted 22 January 2002.

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Psychiatry Research
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