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Obsessive thoughts

Known as: Obsessive Thinking 
A series of thoughts that are difficult to suppress and may be a consequence or cause of anxiety.
National Institutes of Health

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Mental and Behavioral Signs and SymptomsObsessive Behavior

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2012
2012
Managing Obsessive Thoughts During Brief Exposure: An Experimental Study Comparing Mindfulness-Based Strategies and Distraction in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
In mindful meditation, negative thoughts such as obsessive thoughts are observed simply as mental events that come and go, rather… Expand
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2012
2012
Blood Levels of Serotonin Are Differentially Affected by Romantic Love in Men and Women
People who are in love think about their beloved the whole day, which is supposed to be associated with serotonin. The research… Expand
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2011
2011
Aripiprazole augmentation in clozapine-associated obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
To the Editors: Treatment-resistant patients with schizophrenia are frequently prescribed clozapine and a number of authors have… Expand
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Olanzapine in the treatment of low body weight and obsessive thinking in women with anorexia nervosa: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
OBJECTIVE Anorexia nervosa is associated with high mortality, morbidity, and treatment costs. Olanzapine, an atypical… Expand
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2006
2006
Hallucinations in children and adolescents: considerations in the emergency setting.
  • G. Edelsohn
  • The American journal of psychiatry
  • 2006
    • Corpus ID: 44946591
A 9-year-old boy with escalating behavioral problems was brought to a psychiatric emergency service. His mother described him as… Expand
2004
2004
Private Self-Consciousness Factors: Relationships With Need for Cognition, Locus of Control, and Obsessive Thinking in Iran and the United States
The authors measured Internal State Awareness (ISA) and Self-Reflectiveness (SR) factors from the Private Self-Consciousness… Expand
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Cognitive-behavioral treatment of obsessive thoughts: a controlled study.
Twenty-nine patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder as diagnosed in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of… Expand
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
What do patients do with their obsessive thoughts?
Current models of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) accord a key role to neutralization in the maintenance of obsessional… Expand
1978
1978
Obsessive thoughts: the problem of therapy.
  • R. Stern
  • The British journal of psychiatry : the journal…
  • 1978
    • Corpus ID: 33571983
Eleven patients with obsessive thoughts were treated in two pilot studies. In the first of these patients were given thought… Expand
1973
1973
NEW APPROACHES TO THE TREATMENT OF OBSESSIVE‐COMPULSIVE DISORDERS
  • I. Marks
  • The Journal of nervous and mental disease
  • 1973
    • Corpus ID: 35469627
Obsessive-compulsive disorders have recently become treatable by newer psychological techniques. Compulsive rituals have… Expand
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