Access to information about harm and safety in contamination-related obsessive-compulsive disorder

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-67

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Connolly, Kevin ^b   Lohr, Jeffrey M ^a   Elwood, Lisa S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Disgust; Fear; Harm; OCD; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY;

EID: 57349183346     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0889.8391.22.1.57     Document Type: Article

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