Abramowitz, J. S. (1997). Effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A quantitative review. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 65(1), 44-52.

    This study was a comparison of earlier studies on treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The main thing this study looked at was effect size between different cognitive therapies and also the effect sizes of different pharmacological treatments.

    I found this study interesting because it compared the literature that had already been conducted on this topic. It was interesting to see the differences in a study like this rather than a study that compares participants pre- and post-treatment.

Brown, H. D., Kosslyn, S. M., Breiter, H. C., Baer, L. & Jenike, M. A. (1994). Can patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder discriminate between percepts and mental images? A signal detection analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103(3), 445-454.

Christensen, H., Hadzi-Pavlovic, D., Andrews, G. & Mattick, R. (1987). Behavior therapy and tricyclic medication in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A quantitative review. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 55(5), 701-711.

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