Implicit processes in pathological skin picking: Responses to skin irregularities predict symptom severity and treatment susceptibility

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 685-691

  Schuck, Kathrin ^a   Keijsers, Ger ^a   Rinck, Mike ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approach Avoidance; Dermatillomania; Excoriation; Implicit processes; Pathological skin picking; Response tendencies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL SKIN PICKING; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053456814     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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