Reducing Obsessions and Compulsions Through Behavior Therapy

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-182

  Lam, Judy N ^a   Steketee, Gail S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Box CPT ^*

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EID: 0035592803     PISSN: 07351690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07351692109348930     Document Type: Article

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