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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Brief Overview and Guide to Assessment

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Summerfeldt, L.J. (2002). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Brief Overview and Guide to Assessment. In: Antony, M.M., Orsillo, S.M., Roemer, L. (eds) Practitioner’s Guide to Empirically Based Measures of Anxiety. AABT Clinical Assessment Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47628-2_17

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