Biased processing of threat-related information rather than knowledge deficits contributes to overestimation of threat in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Behavior Modification

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 763-777

  Moritz, Steffen ^a   Pohl, Rüdiger F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive biases; Obsessions; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Overestimation of threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 70749112849     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445509344217     Document Type: Article

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