Beyond belief: Incremental prediction of obsessive-compulsive disorder by looming vulnerability illusions

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-256

  Riskind, John H ^a   Rector, Neil A ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beliefs in OCD; Cognition in anxiety; Cognition in OCD; Looming vulnerability; OCD subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPULSION; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LOOMING VULNERABILITY; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THINKING; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

EID: 36649004108     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/088983907781494564     Document Type: Article

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