title: Obsessive compulsive neurosis: treatment of 28 cases by behaviour therapy.
abstract: Twenty-eight cases of obsessive compulsive neurosis were treated with a behaviour therapy package and good results were obtained in 15 (53.6%). Relaxation, thought-stopping, implosion, modelling, response prevention, electrical aversion and positive reinforcement wei; the techniques employed. Chronicity, previous treatments, follow-up data, drop-outs and the use of behaviour therapy in our setting are discussed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Hon. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Seth G.S. Medical College & K. E. M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay - 400 012.
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authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ayyar
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authors.lastname: Munjal
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authors.lastname: Gopalani
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authors.lastname: Mundra
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