A qualitative study of the investigation of reassurance seeking in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-32

  Kobori, Osamu ^a   Salkovskis, Paul M ^b   Read, Julie ^c   Lounes, Naima ^c   Wong, Vivien ^d  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obsessive compulsive disorder; Quality study; Reassurance seeking; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REASSURANCE; REASSURANCE SEEKING; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84861146551     PISSN: 22113649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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