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Obsessive Thoughts: The Problem of Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. S. Stern
R. S. Stern*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5
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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.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 133 , Issue 3 , September 1978 , pp. 200 - 205
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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