When Exposures go wrong: Troubleshooting guidelines for managing difficult scenarios that arise in exposure-based treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-53

  Pence Jr , Steven L ^a   Sulkowski, Michael L ^b   Jordan, Cary ^b   Storch, Eric A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior therapy; Exposure and response prevention; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Psychotherapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; HABITUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; JUDGMENT; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952779243     PISSN: 00029564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2010.64.1.39     Document Type: Article

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