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A Case of a Worried Well Obsessional (or an 8 month one-night stand)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Simon Dupont
Simon Dupont
Affiliation:
Guys Hospital, London
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Obessional-compulsive neurosis is quite a rare phenomenon with a prevalance of about 3% in all neurotics and 0.05% in the general population (de Silva, 1987). The form an obsessional-compulsive neurosis takes varies tremendously and its aetiology is not always easily identifiable. Salkovskis and Westbrook (1989) highlight the importance of a thorough assessment in distinguishing obsessional thoughts and “cognitive rituals”.

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Research Article
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 1992 , pp. 287 - 290
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1992

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References

De Silva, P. (1987). Obsessions and compulsions: investigations. In Lindsay, S. J. E. and Powell, G. E. (Eds). A Handbook of Clinical Adult Psychology. Hampshire: Gower.Google Scholar
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Salkovskis, P. M. and Westbrook, D. (1989). Behaviour therapy and obsessional ruminations: can failure be turned into success? Behaviour Research and Therapy 27, 149–160.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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