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Explanation in Obsessional Neurosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Valerie J. Walker
Valerie J. Walker*
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University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
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Over the past hundred years, a great deal has been written about obsessional neurosis. Much of the literature is theoretical, concerned with putting forward explanations for obsessional behaviour. Little attention has been given, however, to the question of what it is that requires to be explained, what it is about the obsessional symptom that is pathological. It is the aim of this paper to examine this question more closely.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 577 , December 1973 , pp. 675 - 680
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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