Self-help Therapy for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

The aim of this research was to investigate the use of self-help therapy for the treatment of Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Firstly, a meta-analytic study found that self-help therapy for OCD improved symptoms across varying levels of therapeutic contact. The second study strengthened the evidence...

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Main Author: Pearcy, Caitlin Patricia
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2327
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description The aim of this research was to investigate the use of self-help therapy for the treatment of Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Firstly, a meta-analytic study found that self-help therapy for OCD improved symptoms across varying levels of therapeutic contact. The second study strengthened the evidence surrounding the metacognitive model, finding significant relationships between OCD symptoms and metacognition. In the third and fourth studies, an online metacognitive program for OCD was developed and evaluated within a preliminary trial.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-23272017-02-20T06:38:49Z Self-help Therapy for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Pearcy, Caitlin Patricia The aim of this research was to investigate the use of self-help therapy for the treatment of Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Firstly, a meta-analytic study found that self-help therapy for OCD improved symptoms across varying levels of therapeutic contact. The second study strengthened the evidence surrounding the metacognitive model, finding significant relationships between OCD symptoms and metacognition. In the third and fourth studies, an online metacognitive program for OCD was developed and evaluated within a preliminary trial. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2327 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Pearcy, Caitlin Patricia
Self-help Therapy for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
title Self-help Therapy for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
title_full Self-help Therapy for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
title_fullStr Self-help Therapy for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
title_full_unstemmed Self-help Therapy for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
title_short Self-help Therapy for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
title_sort self-help therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2327