Psychological treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder in people with autism spectrum disorders - A pilot study

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-61

  Russell, A J ^a   Mataix Cols, D ^a   Anson, M A W ^a   Murphy, D G M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 56149085183     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000172622     Document Type: Letter

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