Danger ideation reduction therapy (DIRT) for obsessive-compulsive washers. A controlled trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 959-970

  Jones, Mairwen K ^a   Menzies, Ross G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; OBSESSION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY, RATIONAL-EMOTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031818235     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00057-6     Document Type: Article

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