The effects of preventive and restorative safety behaviors on a single-session of exposure therapy for contamination fear

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 151-157

  Goetz, Amy R ^a   Lee, Han Joo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination fear; Disgust; Exposure therapy; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Safety behaviors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; FEAR; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAFETY BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908464519     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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