Psychological treatments versus treatment as usual for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Gava, Ileana ^a   Barbui, C ^b   Aguglia, E ^b   Carlino, D ^b   Churchill, R ^b   De Vanna, M ^b   McGuire, H F ^b  

^a Mandala Clinic   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult; Behavior therapy *methods ; Cognitive therapy methods ; Humans; Obsessive compulsive disorder *therapy

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA EXTRACTION; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 35648997712     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005333.pub2     Document Type: Review

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