Changes in frequency and distress during prolonged repetition of obsessional thoughts.
Five obsessive-compulsive patients were treated for intrusive thoughts by three sessions of repetition of the thought. Within- and between-session changes in both frequency and subjective distress lent only partial support to the habituation and conditioned inhibition models which have been used to account for the effects of prolonged repetition. Alternative explanations should be sought.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D013850:Thinking