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What is the relevance of Boyer & Lienard's model for psychosocial treatments?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2007

Jonathan D. Huppert  and
Shawn P. Cahill
Jonathan D. Huppert*
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Center for the Treatment Philadelphia, PA 19104
Shawn P. Cahill*
Affiliation:
Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 http://www.med.upenn.edu/ctsa/
*
huppert@mail.med.upenn.edu
scahill@mail.med.upenn.edu
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Abstract

Boyer & Lienard's (B&L's) model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) rituals does not completely conform to our clinical experience with patients, and the clinical implications of their model is not described by the authors. We discuss potential differences of opinion regarding both the nature of OCD and the mechanisms involved in the maintenance of symptoms, and how emotional processing theories can account for treatment effects.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 620 - 621
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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