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. 1984 Jan-Mar;26(1):71–75.

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE NEUROSIS: TREATMENT OF 28 CASES BY BEHAVIOUR THERAPY

PV Pradhan 1,, KS Ayyar 2, PD Munjal 2, JH Gopalani 3, AV Mundra 4, Jyoti Doshi 4, VN Bagadia 5
PMCID: PMC3012256  PMID: 21965959

SUMMARY

Twenty-eight cases of obsessive compulsive neurosis were treated with a behaviour therapy package and good results were obtained in 15 (53.6%). Relaxation, thought-stopping, implosion, modelling, response prevention, electrical aversion and positive reinforcement wei; the techniques employed. Chronicity, previous treatments, follow-up data, drop-outs and the use of behaviour therapy in our setting are discussed in this paper.

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