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Obsessive compulsivePsychologyPsychoanalysisFunction (biology)Compulsive behaviorPsychiatryPsychotherapistNeuroscienceBiologyEvolutionary biology

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Year
1989
Type
review
Volume
260
Issue
3
Pages
82-89
Citations
146
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Judith L. Rapoport (1989). The Biology of Obsessions and Compulsions. Scientific American , 260 (3) , 82-89. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0389-82

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10.1038/scientificamerican0389-82