A developmental and evolutionary perspective on obsessive-compulsive disorder: whence and whither compulsive hoarding?

Am J Psychiatry. 2008 Oct;165(10):1229-33. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08060891.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biological Evolution*
  • Ceremonial Behavior
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Frontal Lobe / physiopathology
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / classification
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / genetics
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / psychology*
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / therapy
  • Parietal Lobe / physiopathology
  • Phenotype
  • Risk Factors
  • Stereotyped Behavior
  • Tics / classification
  • Tics / genetics
  • Tics / psychology
  • Tics / therapy