Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Contemporary Issues in Treatment (Personality and Clinical Psychology Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805828370 ISBN 13: 9780805828375

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is now recognized to be a serious and chronic illness that affects more than 2% of the population. Although the last decade has witnessed many advances on both the pharmacological and the behavioral fronts, fewer than 50% of cases benefit significantly from currently available treatments. In this volume, leading authorities offer a comprehensive, cutting-edge overview of etiology, diagnosis, assessment of OCD, and the latest approaches to treatment. A special focus is treatment-resistant cases that comprise over half the total.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Contemporary Issues in Treatment will be an indispensable resource for all professionals who seek better solutions to the often seemingly intractable problems of their OCD clients.

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Synopsis

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is now recognized to be a serious and chronic illness. It affects more than 2% of the population. While the last decade has witnessed many advances on both the pharmacological and the behavioural fronts, fewer than 50% of cases benefit significantly from currently available treatments. In this volume, leading authorities offer a comprehensive, cutting-edge overview of aetiology, diagnosis, assessment and the latest cognitive-behavioural, biological and combined approaches to intervention. A special focus is treatment-resistant illness. This text should be a valuable resource for all professionals who seek better solutions to the often seemingly intractable problems of their OCD clients.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805828370
• ISBN 13: 9780805828375
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 688
• Editor: Goodman Wayne K., Rudorfer Matthew V., Maser Jack D.