Disgust in contamination-based obsessive-compulsive disorder: A review and model

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1295-1305

  Brady, Robert E ^a   Adams, Thomas G ^a   Lohr, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

contamination; disgust; exposure and response prevention; obsessive compulsive disorder; subtypes

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTAMINATION; DISGUST; FEAR; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 77955066114     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.10.46     Document Type: Review

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