Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Review of the Treatment Literature

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-372

  Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a   Brigidi, Bartholomew D ^b   Roche, Kimberly R ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Hospice of Orange Osceola   (United States)

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EID: 0035645577     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973150101100305     Document Type: Review

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