Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Adults with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Borderline Intellectual Functioning: A Case Series of Three Patients

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-85

  Pence Jr , Steven L ^a   Aldea, Mirela A ^a   Sulkowski, Michael L ^b   Storch, Eric A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

CBT; Cognitive behavior therapy; Developmental disabilities; ERP; Exposure and response prevention; Obsessive compulsive disorder; OCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953252520     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-010-9200-6     Document Type: Article

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