Obsessive-compulsive disorder and propensity to guilt feelings and to disgust

Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3 SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 20-29

  D'Olimpio, Francesca ^a   Cosentino, Teresa ^b   Basile, Barbara ^b   Tenore, Katia ^b   Gragnani, Andrea ^b   Mancini, Francesco ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Scuola di Psicoterapia Cognitiva SPC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Checking; Disgust propensity; Guilt feelings; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Washing compulsions

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84896816617     PISSN: 17244935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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