Obsessive Thoughts: The Problem of Therapy
- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 133 (3) , 200-205
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.133.3.200
Abstract
Summary: Eleven patients with obsessive thoughts were treated in two pilot studies. In the first of these patients were given thought-stopping, and this was contrasted with relaxation therapy. In the second study patients were treated by a technique described here as ‘satiation’, and this was followed by thought-stopping and finally a course of amitriptyline. The overall results were poor, but one type of obsessive thought responded well to satiation.Keywords
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