Elsevier, Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, (8), p. 75-78
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2016.01.001
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Checking behavior belongs to one of the core-cluster symptoms in patients suffering from OCD. These symptoms often hinder patients to participate in social interaction or to get to their therapist in time. A global-positioning-system (GPS) based smartphone application was developed to provide audio-feedback signals to the patient if too much time was needed to cover a predefined distance.