Obsessive compulsive disorder : theory, research, and treatment

De Silva, Padmal. (Added Author). Menzies, Ross G. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0471494453 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0471494445 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xix, 434 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Etobicoke, ON : Wiley, c2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-408) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Nature of OCD -- The classification and diagnosis of OCD -- The phenomenology of OCD -- Theoretical Accounts of OCD -- Neuropsychological models of OCD -- Cognitive-behavioural theory of OCD -- Repetitive and iterative thinking in psychopathology: Anxiety-inducing consequences and a mood-as-input -- Personality and individual differences in OCD -- Clinical Presentations and Subtypes of OCD -- Obsessive-compulsive washing -- Compulsive checking -- Compulsive hoarding -- Primary obsessional slowness -- Obsessions, ruminations and covert compulsions -- Atypical presentation -- The OC spectrum and body dysmophic disorder -- Approaches to Assessment and Treatment in OCD -- Assessment procedures -- Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD -- Cognitive Therapy for OCD -- Pharmacological and neurosurgical treatment of OCD -- OCD in children and adolescents -- The management of treatment-resistant cases and other difficult clients -- Professional Issues -- Training, resources and service provision.