The Treatment of Mental Contamination: A Case Series

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-231

  Coughtrey, Anna E ^a   Shafran, Roz ^a   Lee, Michelle ^a   Rachman, Stanley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT); Contamination; Exposure and response prevention (ERP); Mental contamination; OCD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS INVENTORY SCHEDULE FOR DSM-IV; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CONTAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIONAL COMPULSIVE INVENTORY SHORT VERSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THOUGHT ACTION FUSION SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VANCOUVER OBSESSIONAL COMPULSIVE INVENTORY MENTAL CONTAMINATION SCALE; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

EID: 84875371675     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: 1878187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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