When the problem is beneath the surface in OCD: The cognitive treatment of a case of pure mental contamination

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 383-399

  Warnock Parkes, Emma ^a   Salkovskis, Paul M ^b   Rachman, Jack ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

betrayal; contamination; mental contamination; Obsessive compulsive disorder; washing compulsions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECEPTION; DELUSION; DIVORCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURE; DECEPTION; DELUSIONS; DIVORCE; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FAMILY CONFLICT; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84862222714     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465812000252     Document Type: Article

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