Mental contamination in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 244-250

  Coughtrey, Anna E ^a   Shafran, Roz ^a   Knibbs, Debbie ^b   Rachman, S Jack ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compulsive washing; Mental contamination; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Thought action fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIONAL COMPULSIVE INVENTORY SHORT VERSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY TO CONTAMINATION; THOUGHT ACTION FUSION; THOUGHT ACTION FUSION MENTAL CONTAMINATION; VANCOUVER OBSESSIONAL COMPULSIVE INVENTORY MENTAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84867977652     PISSN: 22113649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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