Obsessive Compulsive Disorders : A Practical Guide to Management

by Fineberg, Naomi; Marazziti, Donatella; Stein, Dan J.

• ISBN13: 9781853179198
• ISBN10: 1853179191
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-12
• Publisher: Informa Healthc

Summary

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is now recognized as one of the most common psychiatric disorders, and the tenth most disabling of all medical disorders. Major advances in our understanding of its neurobiological basis and the discovery of robust treatments offer new hope for sufferers. Yet, sadly, people with OCD continue to remain under-diagnosed and inappropriately treated. Obsessive Compulsive Disorders presents a practical guide to the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of OCD. It includes chapters on the neurobiology as well as the psychology of OCD; on adults and children with the disorder; and on the pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy and integrated treatment of OCD.

Table of Contents

Dedication	vii
Contributors	viii
Preface	xi
Obsessive compulsive disorder: a twenty-first century perspective	1	(14)
Naomi Fineberg
Ann Roberts
Assessment of OCD	15	(8)
Toby D Goldsmith
Nathan A Shapira
Wayne K Goodman
Obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders: from serotonin to dopamine and back again	23	(14)
Michael Van Ameringen
Jonathan M Oakman
Catherine Mancini
Peter Farvolden
Unusual symptoms of OCD	37	(14)
Dan J Stein
Naomi Fineberg
Brian Harvey
OCD and quality of life	51	(10)
Lorrin M Koran
The role of genetic factors in OCD	61	(16)
David L Pauls
The neuroanatomy of OCD	77	(12)
James V Lucey
Integrated pathophysiology	89	(14)
Donatella Marazziti
Practical pharmacotherapy	103	(16)
Joseph Zohar
Naomi Fineberg
Psychotherapy in OCD	119	(16)
Andreas Broocks
Fritz Hohagen
Treatment of refractory OCD	135	(18)
Christopher J McDougle
Kelda H Walsh
OCD in children and adolescents	153	(14)
Martine F Flament
David Cohen
An integrated approach to the treatment of OCD	167	(10)
Dan J Stein
Naomi Fineberg
Soraya Seedat
Patients' perspectives on OCD	177	(6)
Frederick Toates
Appendix 1: Major rating scales	183	(38)
Appendix 2: Consumer organizations involved in OCD	221