Obsessions, responsibility and guilt: two case reports suggesting a common and specific aetiology.
Inflated responsibility, guilt and the psychological fusion of thought and action feature prominently in contemporary accounts of obsessional phenomena. Two cases are reported in which the presence of these features can be explained by a specific formative learning experience. Some implications for therapy are considered.
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Department of Psychological Medicine, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, U.K.
D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013850:Thinking