Investigating Treatment Outcomes Across OCD Symptom Dimensions in a Clinical Sample of OCD Patients

@article{Chase2015InvestigatingTO,
  title={Investigating Treatment Outcomes Across OCD Symptom Dimensions in a Clinical Sample of OCD Patients},
  author={Tannah E. Chase and Chad T. Wetterneck and Robert A. Bartsch and Rachel C. Leonard and Bradley C Riemann},
  journal={Cognitive Behaviour Therapy},
  year={2015},
  volume={44},
  pages={365 - 376}
}
Despite the heterogeneous nature of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), many self-report assessments do not adequately capture the clinical picture presenting within each symptom dimension, particularly unacceptable thoughts (UTs). In addition, obsessions and ordering/arranging compulsions are often underrepresented in samples of treatment outcome studies for OCD. Such methodological discrepancies may obscure research findings comparing treatment outcomes across OCD symptom dimensions. This… 
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