Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 1 , Pages 21-27 , 30 November 2004

High sensitivity to punishment and low impulsivity in obsessive-compulsive patients with hoarding symptoms

  • Miquel Angel Fullana

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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  • David Mataix-Cols

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychological Medicine and Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, P.O. Box 69, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 7848 0543; fax: +44 20 7848 0379.
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  • Xavier Caseras

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • ,
  • Pino Alonso

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • ,
  • Josep Manuel Menchón

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • ,
  • Julio Vallejo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • ,
  • Rafael Torrubia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Received 4 June 2002 ,Revised 9 December 2003 ,Accepted 24 February 2004.

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PII: S0165-1781(04)00174-X

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.02.017

Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 1 , Pages 21-27 , 30 November 2004

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