Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "intrusive thoughts"
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Learning the Futility of the Thought Suppression Enterprise in Normal Experience and in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)The belief that we can control our thoughts is not inevitably adaptive, particularly when it fuels mental control activities that have ironic unintended consequences. The conviction that the mind can and should be controlled ... -
Managing Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts In Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Relative Effectiveness Of Suppression, Focused-Distraction, and Acceptance
(Elsevier, 2009)Suppression is one of various mental control techniques that people may use to manage unwanted thoughts. Evidence suggests that it is at best unsustainable and at worst counterproductive. This leads to the question: If ...