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Differential Effects of Psychotherapy and Behavioural Techniques in a Case of Acute Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter Lambley
Peter Lambley*
Affiliation:
University of Cape Town, and Consultant Psychologist, Grooteschuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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The current status of the psychotherapy of obsessive-compulsive conditions is somewhat confusing. For many years the condition has been regarded as resistant to psychotherapeutic intervention, but recently some success has been claimed by both behaviour therapists (for example Boulougouris et al., 1971; Rackensperger and Feinberg, 1972) and psychodynamic therapists (for example Barnett, 1972; Suess, 1972). The confusion arises because despite the plethora of published work we seem little closer to an understanding of why the techniques have worked.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 125 , Issue 585 , August 1974 , pp. 181 - 183
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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Footnotes

A synopsis of this paper was published in the March 1974 Journal.

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