Scrupulosity: A cognitive-behavioral analysis and implications for treatment

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 140-149

  Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a   Jacoby, Ryan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compulsions; Obsessions; OCD; Religion; Scrupulosity; Thought action fusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL MODEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SCRUPULOSITY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84899903085     PISSN: 22113649     EISSN: 22113657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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