The impact of experiential avoidance and obsessive beliefs on obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a severe clinical sample

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 700-708

  Manos, Rachel C ^a,c   Cahill, Shawn P ^a   Wetterneck, Chad T ^b   Conelea, Christine A ^a,c   Ross, Ashley R ^c   Riemann, Bradley C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^c ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential avoidance; Obsessive beliefs; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREDICTION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77955585268     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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