Direct modification of obsessive thinking with messages.
We treated 2 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorders for years using messages, and their symptoms had improved. We provided the messages that utterly disproved the core reason of their fears, and suggested the patients to repeat, listen or read these messages whenever the obsessive thinking occurred. We supposed that the therapeutic intervention we proposed here have the following benefits: 1. This could dispel the patients' fears and correct the contents of obsessive thinking. 2. This could avoid involving others around and remove the disadvantages following the involvement. We discussed the mechanism of this intervention on the basis of the learning theory.
Nakashima
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Nakagawa
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Yamagami
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D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013637:Tape Recording; D013850:Thinking; D014956:Writing