Disgust and Fear Responding in Contamination-Based Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder During Pictorial Exposure

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-38

  Broderick, Joshua ^a   Grisham, Jessica R ^a   Weidemann, Gabrielle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contamination; Disgust; Exposure; Heart rate; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY WASTE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DISGUST; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOTOGRAPHY; PICTORIAL STIMULI; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SELF REPORT DISGUST DATA ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT FEAR DATA ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREND STUDY; WASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84872282049     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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