Strategies to control unwanted intrusive thoughts: Which are relevant and specific in obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-89

  Belloch, Amparo ^a   Morillo, Carmen ^a   Garcia Soriano, Gemma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intrusive thoughts; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Thought Control Questionnaire; Thought control strategies; Thought suppression; White Bear Suppression Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING;

EID: 64949095550     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-007-9141-2     Document Type: Article

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