Obsessive-compulsive disorder: case study and discussion of treatment.
Year: 1990
Type: article
Abstract: A patient's own account of her obsessive-compulsive disorder is presented. She describes her distressing experiences, the impact of the disturbance on her and her family's life and her subsequent improvement using the technique of exposure and response prevention. The treatments available are discussed and the benefits of self-directed behavioural psychotherapy are reviewed. A comment from a general practitioner is appended.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: J Turk, I M Marks, J Horder
Institution: Great Ormond Street Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1944406126