Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Inference-Based Therapy

by O'Connor, Kieron; Aardema, Frederick

• ISBN13: 9780470684108
• ISBN10: 0470684100
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-12
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book is the first to bring together new research to offer a hands-on clinical guide to treating people with all types of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) using an inference-based therapy (IBT). Provides clinical examples from the full range of OCD subtypes Coverage integrates theory and application Decribes case management in detail - from initial assessment to terminating therapy and follow-up Shows how IBT can also be generalized and applied to other serious psychiatric disorders

Author Biography

Dr Kieron OConnor is currently the Director of the Centre for Research on Tic and Obsessional Disorders at the Fernand Seguin Research Center, Louis H. Lafontaine hospital affiliated with University of Montreal. He is also affiliated with the University of Quebec in Outaouais. His research focuses on improving understanding and treatment of people suffering from obsessive-compulsive spectrum and related disorders. The current IBT program is a product of this research. Dr O'Connor's publications include Behavioural Management of Tic Disorders (Wiley, 2005), and Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Reasoning Process in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (with F. Aardema M. C. Pelissier; Wiley, 2005). Dr. Frederick Aardema is a Clinical Researcher at the Fernand Seguin Research Center, Louis H. Lafontaine hospital affiliated with the University of Montreal. He played a vital role in the development of the inference based approach to the treatment of OCD and his work on reasoning led to the development of an innovative theoretical approach to pure obsessional ruminations. Dr Aardema has published widely on obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. His books include Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Reasoning Process in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (with K. P. O'Connor M. C. Pelissier, Wiley, 2005).

Table of Contents

List of Cartoons	p. vii
About the Authors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Overview of the IBT Programme	p. 1
IBT: Evaluation Tools	p. 9
Education and Foundation	p. 21
When OCD Begins	p. 23
The 'Logic' behind OCD	p. 43
The Obsessional Story	p. 57
The Vulnerable Self-Theme	p. 73
Intervention	p. 89
OCD Doubt is 100% Imaginary	p. 91
OCD Doubt is 100% Irrelevant	p. 115
The OCD Bubble	p. 129
Reality Sensing	p. 143
Consolidation	p. 157
A Different Story	p. 159
Tricks and Cheats of the OCD Con Artist	p. 175
The Real Self	p. 189
Knowing and Doing: Moving On and Preventing Relapse	p. 205
Trouble-Shooting	p. 221
Case Illustrations	p. 231
Case Illustrations: Clinical Data	p. 257
Answers to Common Queries from Clients	p. 277
Therapist Queries	p. 283
Quiz Answers Sheet	p. 289
Inferential Confusion Questionnaire (ICQ-EV)	p. 291
IBT Clinical Scales	p. 293
Therapy Evaluation Form and Scale	p. 299
Avoidance and Situational Profile Scale	p. 307
Diary	p. 311
Bibliography: Key IBA Publications and Other References	p. 321
Index	p. 325
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