Intensive, short-term cognitive-behavioral treatment of OCD-like behavior with a young adult with Williams syndrome

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 483-492

  Klein Tasman, Bonita P ^a   Albano, Anne Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Developmental disability; Mental retardation; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

PAROXETINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MASTURBATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 36248996493     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650106296370     Document Type: Article

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