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Obsessive Compulsive Neurosis: A Speculative Account of an Unusual Case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

David Sumners  and
Kevin Gournay
David Sumners
Affiliation:
The Middlesex Hospital, London
Kevin Gournay
Affiliation:
Barnet General Hospital, Barnet, Herts
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A case of “checking” obsessive compulsive neurosis in a young adult is described. It's evolution is traced from early behaviour viewed as adaptive to partial sightedness which becomes maladaptive when autonomous obsessions and rituals develop. The concepts of “preparedness” and “self-stimulatory behaviour” amongst others are used to examine possible reasons for this change. The relevance to more usual cases where no predisposing handicap exists is discussed.

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Clinical/Brief Reports
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 162 - 170
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1986

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