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Cognitive Interventions in the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Mark Creamer
Mark Creamer*
Affiliation:
Ellery Clinic, Health Department of Victoria
*
Ellery Clinic, Health Department of Victoria, 158 Bouverie St., Carlton, Vic. 3053
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Abstract

It is argued that earlier models of obsessive-compulsive behaviour have failed to take adequate account of the role of cognitions. A new model is therefore presented, highlighting the major stages of an obsessive-compulsive episode and thereby allowing identification of the point at which cognitive interventions may be made. It is concluded that cognitive techniques may be most useful in assisting patients to “self-expose” and voluntarily instigate response prevention in the absence of the therapist. There is a need for further research in the area, particularly to clarify which cognitive interventions are being used and at which points in the episode.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1987, pp. 20 - 27
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1987

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