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This volume assembles nearly all of the major investigators responsible for the development of cognitive therapy (and theory) for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as well as other major researchers in the field to write about cognitive phenomenology, assessment, treatment, and theory related to OCD.
Here is a practical reference offering mental health professionals 16 state-of-the-art methods for treating a variety of problems presented by outpatient and inpatient adult clients. Supported by ample clinical illustrations, each chapter offers sufficient information so that the respective methods can be replicated. Problems include obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, schizophrenia, and obesity. The book also examines contemporary issues of accountability in treatment. This handbook meets the needs of psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, social workers, rehabilitation specialists, and graduate students.
First published in 2002. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome (TS) are treated together in this volume because symptoms of each often co-occur and because there are substantial overlaps in genetic risks and possibly in the neurobiology underlying these disorders.
Linguistic taboo has been relegated for a long time to a peripheral position within Linguistics, due to its social stigmatization and inherent linguistic complexity. Recently, though, there has been a renewed interest in revisiting the phenomenon, especially from cognitive frameworks. This volume is the first collection of papers dealing with linguistic taboo from that perspective. The volume gathers 15 chapters, which provide novel insights into a broad range of taboo phenomena (euphemism, dysphemism, swearing, political correctness, coprolalia, etc.) from the fields of sexuality, diseases, death, war, ageing or religion. With a special focus on lexical semantics, the authors in the volume ...
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Presented here is comprehensive coverage of the most recent and significant advances in the basic research and clinical investigation of obsessive compulsive disorder, a common disorder associated with intrusive, obsessional thoughts or recurrent, ritualistic behaviour.
Long-Term Treatments of Anxiety Disorders is a celebration of the important advances made in the treatment of anxiety disorders since the 1970s. It is a unique resource that will enable the reader, regardless of theoretical or professional orientation, to develop an updated and balanced perspective on the psychological and pharmacological approaches to treating these disorders. The volume provides a critical appraisal of the long-term treatment of anxiety disorders and offers state-of-the-art recommendations for planning and implementing specific maintenance treatment strategies to ensure favorable long-term outcomes. Four general chapters present an overview of the epidemiology and natural ...