Belief in the obsessional doubt as a real probability and its relation to other obsessive-compulsive beliefs and to the severity of symptomatology

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-85

  Grenier, Sébastien ^a,b   O'Connor, Kieron P ^b,c   Bélanger, Claude ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76549107161     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466509X439531     Document Type: Article

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