Letter to the Editor October 19, 2021

High Prevalence of Perinatal-Occurring Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Reply to Di Giacomo et al

Nichole Fairbrother, PhD; Fanie Collardeau, MSc

J Clin Psychiatry 2021;82(6):21lr14069a

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