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Obsessional Indecision: Its Psychological Conceptualisation, Assessment, and Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Peter Dunne  and
Michael Llamas
Peter Dunne
Affiliation:
Sunshine Coast Adult Mental Health Service
Michael Llamas*
Affiliation:
Princess Alexandra Hospital
*
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane QLD 4102, Australia
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This paper examines the clinical entity of obsessional indecision. It argues for its conceptualisation as a form of “pure” obsessional disorder and discusses assessment issues and proposed intervention techniques. Data gathered from four patients treated by the authors is used to substarniate the arguments and points made. The paper illustrates the nature of the problem, as well as highlighting its varying topography and elucidating a novel treatment package that appears to show promise.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , September 1998 , pp. 165 - 177
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Copyright © The Authors 1998

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