Manipulating meta-cognitive beliefs about the difficulty to suppress scratching: Implications for obsessive-compulsive disorder

International Journal of Cognitive Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-151

  Reuven Magril, Orna ^a   Rosenman, Merav ^a   Liberman, Nira ^a   Dar, Reuven ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 85006832524     PISSN: 19371209     EISSN: 19371217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/ijct.2009.2.2.143     Document Type: Article

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