OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER - DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

Authors
LADOUCEUR R FREESTON M GAGNON F
Citation
R. Ladouceur et al., OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER - DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT, Canadian family physician, 42, 1996, pp. 1169
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Canadian family physician → ACNP
ISSN journal
0008350X
Volume
42
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-350X(1996)42:<1169:OD-DAM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We present three diagnostic: tools to identify overt compulsive ritual s, obsessional thinking, rind neutralizing behaviours in obsessive-com pulsive disorder (OCD) and describe the most effective cognitive-behav ioural technique for treating obsessional thinking without overt ritua ls. Basic dysfunctional beliefs that lead to OCD ore explained and int egrated in the treatment model. We suggest how combined therapy con be used to treat OCD.