Impact of experienced disgust on information-processing biases in contamination-based OCD: An analogue study

International Journal of Cognitive Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-52

  Armstrong, Thomas ^a   Divack, Melissa ^a   David, Bieke ^a   Simmons, Casey ^a   Benning, Stephen D ^a   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79956284917     PISSN: 19371209     EISSN: 19371217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/ijct.2009.2.1.37     Document Type: Article

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