Concepts and Controversies in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Abramowitz, Jonathan S. (Editor), Houts, Arthur C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Series in Anxiety and Related Disorders
• Subjects: Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.

Few syndromes in psychopathology generate as much popular curiosity and clinical exploration as does obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Since the 1970s, research on OCD has increased exponentially. Speci?c advances include an improved grasp of the heterogeneity of the disorder, identi?cation of pu...

Table of Contents:

• Phenomenology
• Symptom Dimensions in OCD: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives
• Dimensional and Subtype Models of OCD
• Animal Models of Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior: A Neurobiological and Ethological Perspective
• Behavioral and Functional Animal Models of OCD
• The Case for the OCD Spectrum
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Essential Phenomenology and Overlap with other Anxiety Disorders
• Trichotillomania: An Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder?
• Overlap of Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Hypochondriasis with OCD
• Contrasting Nonparaphilic Sexual Addictions and OCD
• Compulsive Buying: A Disorder of Compulsivity or Impulsivity?
• Contrasting Tourette'S Syndrome and TIC Disorders with OCD
• Etiology
• Neuropsychiatric Models of OCD
• Cognitive-Behavioral Models of OCD
• Treatment
• Formal Cognitive Therapy: A New Treatment for OCD
• Treatment for OCD: Unleashing the Power of Exposure
• The Role of the Therapist in Behavior Therapy for OCD
• Self-Directed Exposure in the Treatment of OCD
• Combining Pharmacotherapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of OCD
• Combining Serotonergic Medication with Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: Is it Necessary for all OCD Patients?.