title: Compulsive washing in the absence of phobic and illness anxiety.
abstract: A new typology of washing compulsions has been proposed: those that arise from a sense of dirtiness, those that arise from a sense of mental pollution, and finally, those that arise from a fear of illness. A case series is reported suggesting that a further class of washing behaviour can be described attributable to the personality trait of perfectionism.
authors.affiliation: Charter Nightingale Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tallis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010698:Phobic Disorders