Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Diagnosis, Etiology, Treatment - Medical Psychiatry

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Publisher's Synopsis

Integrates modern science and medicine with alternative and self-help therapies. Updates current knowledge on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)-offering practical advice for specific and appropriate patient care.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

  • covers spectrum illnesses, including somatoform, dissociative, eating, schizo-obsessive, neurological, and impulse-control conditions
  • defines and assesses OCD with DSM-IV and other instruments
  • discusses causative factors of OCD
  • examines and proposes improved naturally occurring veterinary animal models
  • details new pharmacological and combination/augmentation treatments and serotonin-reuptake inhibitors
  • provides a mind-brain interaction paradigm based on metabolic changes resulting from cognitive behavioral self-treatment
  • charts the growth of nonpharmacological and behavioral as well as alternative therapies, such as group and family support strategies and yoga meditation
  • and more.
  • Book information

    ISBN: 9780824798567
    Publisher: Taylor and Francis
    Imprint: CRC Press
    Pub date:
    DEWEY: 616.85227
    DEWEY edition: 21
    Language: English
    Number of pages: 393
    Weight: 680g
    Height: 279mm
    Width: 216mm
    Spine width: 25mm