Reflective functioning in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - preliminary findings of a comparison between reflective functioning (RF) in general and OCD-specific reflective functioning

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-169

  Kullgard, Niclas ^a   Persson, Per ^a   Möller, Clara ^a   Falkenström, Fredrik ^a   Holmqvist, Rolf ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

mentalization; obsessive compulsive disorder; reflective function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER SYMPTOM SPECIFIC REFLECTIVE FUNCTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REFLECTIVE FUNCTIONING; RITUAL; SELF EVALUATION; SYMPTOM; THINKING; VALIDITY; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

EID: 84880039992     PISSN: 02668734     EISSN: 14749734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02668734.2013.795909     Document Type: Article

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