Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Its Spectrum : a Life-Span Approach

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Label

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Its Spectrum : a Life-Span Approach

Title remainder

a Life-Span Approach

Statement of responsibility

edited by Eric A. Storch, Dean McKay

Contributor

• McKay, Dean, 1966-
• Storch, Eric A.

Editor

• McKay, Dean, 1966-
• Storch, Eric A.

Subject

• Compulsive Behavior
• Compulsive behavior
• Compulsive behavior
• Evidence-based psychiatry
• Evidence-based psychiatry
• HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | General
• MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine
• MEDICAL -- Diseases
• MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine
• MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine
• Neuropsychologie
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Psychopharmakotherapie
• Psychotherapie
• Sekundärkrankheit
• Zwangsstörung

Language

eng

Summary

"Although we have gained considerable knowledge about obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSDs) and evidence-based treatments for these disorders, new research emerges at a regular rate, and much remains to be learned. Particularly interesting for the field as a whole are genetic studies and basic neuroscience and biological investigations that help us better understand brain dysfunction in OCSDs. Although exposure and response prevention remains the gold standard behavioral treatment, cognitive therapies have added another tool set for resolving symptoms in OCSDs. Nonetheless, well-trained and accessible clinicians specializing in the treatment of these disorders are hard to find, perhaps especially for children with these conditions. Various medications, mainly the serotonin reuptake inhibitors, have been well studied and have positive outcomes for OCD patients, but recovery is often incomplete. Patients with other OCSDs may benefit from a variety of medications. The editors of this volume point to areas of study that are not yet well tapped, such as behavioral inhibition and reward processing. Certainly there is much opportunity to expand our behavioral and cognitive processing treatment repertoire, as well as to search for biological interventions that improve outcomes, accessibility, and ease of application for clinicians and patients. With 17 chapters (in four parts) written by top specialists in their fields, this volume provides a solid grounding in conceptual models for understanding OCSDs"--Foreword. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved)

Cataloging source

DcWaAPA

Dewey number

616.85/84

Index

index present

Language note

English

LC call number

RC533

LC item number

.O2645 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

NLM call number

WM 176 O142 2014