Does magical thinking improve across treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Behaviour Change

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-155

  Einstein, Danielle A ^a,b,c   Menzies, Ross G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioural treatment; Magical ideation; Magical thinking; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAGIC; MAGICAL IDEATION SCALE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE INVENTORY SHORT VERSION; PADUA INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 56749149896     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.25.3.149     Document Type: Article

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