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A Decision Model in the Treatment of Obsessive–Compulsive Neuroses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. A. L. Hoogduin*
Affiliation:
K. U. Nijmegen and Head of Psychiatric Department, Reinier de Graaf Hospital
H. J. Duivenvoorden
Affiliation:
Erasmus University, Rotterdam
*
Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Reinier de Graafweg II, 26 25 HD Delft, The Netherlands

Abstract

The treatment of obsessive–compulsive disorders with a behavioural therapeutic program consisting of response prevention has proved to be rather successful. A prospective study of the potentialities of predicting the outcome of such a treatment program is described. The results of this research could possibly lead to the development of a decision model for use in the treatment of obsessive–compulsive neurosis.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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