Compulsive hoarding: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-155

  Kellett, Stephen ^a   Greenhalgh, Rebecca ^b   Beail, Nigel ^b   Ridgway, Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fantasy; Fusion; Hoarding; IPA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPULSION; ENVIRONMENT; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ATTITUDE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT;

EID: 77952507631     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465809990622     Document Type: Article

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