Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly disabling psychiatric disorder,
characterized by the occurrence of intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions), which lead to …

Background The inference-based approach (IBA) postulates that individuals with obsessive-
compulsive disorder (OCD) confuse a possibility with reality (inferential confusion) according …

Traditionally, obsessive-compulsive disorder has been classified as an anxiety disorder, but
there is increasing evidence that it has schizotypal features? in other words it is a belief …

Obsessions–particularly those directly relating to causing harm–often contain or imply
evaluative dimensions about the self, reflecting a fear as to who the person might be–or …

The current article attempts to provide a theoretical account of obsessions about blasphemy,
sexuality, and aggression from an inference-based perspective. It is argued that self …

Cognitive-behavioral models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have largely ignored
conceptualizing vulnerable self-themes as a core feature, despite numerous historical …

Increasingly, cognitive‐behavioural models have been considering the role of beliefs about
the self in the development and maintenance of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) …

Cognitive‐behavioural models have linked unacceptable or repugnant thoughts in
obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) with vulnerable self‐themes and fear‐of‐self …

The current article represents the further validation of the construct of inferential confusion
amongst clinical samples. Inferential confusion is proposed to be a meta-cognitive confusion …

This study evaluated an inference‐based approach (IBA) to the treatment of obsessive‐
compulsive disorder (OCD) by comparing its efficacy with a treatment based on the cognitive …