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Contract Therapy in Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis with Marital Discord

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. S. Stern  and
I. M. Marks
R. S. Stern
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
I. M. Marks
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
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This case report describes an apparently effective treatment of severe obsessional rituals which was carried out along with therapy of marital discord. Previous treatments directed towards the obsessional symptoms had little effect, but conjoint marital therapy produced marked improvement. The treatment consisted of asking each spouse to list the desired behaviour in the other; each then agreed to carry out a previously specified activity which the other desired.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 577 , December 1973 , pp. 681 - 684
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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Liberman, R. (1970). ‘Behavioural approaches to family and couple therapy.’ American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 40, 106–18.Google Scholar
Stuart, R. B. (1969). ‘Operant-interpersonal treatment for marital discord.’ Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 33, 675–82.Google Scholar
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