The Effectiveness and Acceptability of Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Review of the Literature

Mindfulness

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 375-382

  Hale, Lucy ^a   Strauss, Clara ^a,b   Taylor, Billie Lever ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CBT; Cognitive therapy; Mindfulness; Obsessive compulsive; OCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887354917     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0137-y     Document Type: Review

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