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Cognitive Treatment of Obsessions
From Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Contact author: Sabine Wilhelm, PhD, OCD Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Building 149, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129. E-mail: wilhelm{at}psych.mgh.harvard.edu.
This article briefly describes the nature and prevalence of obsessions without overt compulsions, and it reviews a cognitive model and cognitive domains relevant for OCD. A case example highlights the application of cognitive strategies for obsessions without overt rituals.
KEY WORDS: cognitive therapy, obsessions, compulsions, cognitive model