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The clinical evaluation of obsessionality: a development of the Leyton Obsessional Inventory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

John R. Robertson  and
David J. Mulhall
John R. Robertson
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London
David J. Mulhall*
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr D. J. Mulhall, Academic Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London W1P 8AA.
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Synopsis

The Leyton Obsessional Inventory gives both an indication of the range of obsessional symptoms present and the degree of resistance and interference associated with each symptom. A new method is described in which the covariation of resistance and interference is represented in the form of a matrix. The results, using this method, can give a unique picture of the quality of the patient's symptoms from the clinical standpoint and provide useful guidelines for treatment and follow up. Automatic data-processing is offered for the convenience of clinicians and researchers wishing to utilize the test in this form.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 147 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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