Exploring the role of external criticism in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A narrative review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-370

  Pace, Sonia M ^a   Thwaites, Richard ^b   Freeston, Mark H ^c  

^a Gateshead Primary Care Mental Health Team   (United Kingdom)

^b Lillyhall Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive model; Criticism; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPULSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; REVIEW;

HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79951561728     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.01.007     Document Type: Review

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