Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 1 , Pages 91-98 , 30 November 2004

Psychometric evaluation of the Children's Yale–Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale

  • Eric A. Storch

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. Tel.: +1-352-392-3611; fax: +1-352-846-1455.
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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  • Tanya K. Murphy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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  • Gary R. Geffken

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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  • Ohel Soto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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  • Muhammad Sajid

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
    • ,
  • Pam Allen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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  • Jonathan W. Roberti

      Affiliations

    • New College of Florida, 5700 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
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  • Erin M. Killiany

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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  • Wayne K. Goodman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA

Received 14 April 2004 ,Revised 27 May 2004 ,Accepted 12 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.06.009

Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 1 , Pages 91-98 , 30 November 2004

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