COG APPROACH OBSESSIONS & COMP

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ISBN 10: 008043410X / ISBN 13: 9780080434100

Published by Elsevier Science & Technology Mai 2002, 2002

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Neuware - Obsessive Compulsive (OCD) has perplexed clinicians and researchers for many years. Despite recent advances in our understanding and ability to treat this debilitating problem, many people with OCD do not benefit, or benefit only marginally from existing treatments. Newer approaches and a better understanding of the pathogenesis of OCD are needed. One such approach that has shown considerable promise in recent years is cognitive therapy. Research studies have found cognitive therapy to be an effective treatment for OCD, and research on cognitive theory for OCD is rapidly expanding.-- The only text to provide a comprehensive overview of assessment and treatment of OCD-- Features commentary from the major investigators responsible for the development of cognitive therapy (and theory) for OCD-- Gathers together contributions from key researchers in the field-- Includes contributions from an international working group dedicated to studying cognition in OCD.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: COG APPROACH OBSESSIONS & COMP
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Mai 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 008043410X
• ISBN 13: 9780080434100
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 243W x 173H x 38D millimeters 243 millimeters width by 173 millimeters height by 38 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1120 grams

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Synopsis

Hardbound. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has perplexed clinicians and researchers for many years. Despite recent advances in our understanding of and ability to treat this debilitating problem, many people with OCD do not benefit or benefit only marginally from existing treatments. Newer approaches and a better understanding of the pathogenesis of OCD are needed. One such approach that has shown considerable promise in recent years is cognitive therapy. Recent studies have found cognitive therapy to be an effective treatment for OCD, and research on cognitive theory for OCD is rapidly expanding.

This volume assembles nearly all of the major investigators responsible for the development of cognitive therapy (and theory) for OCD, as well as other major researchers in the field to write about cognitive phenomenology, assessment, treatment, and theory related to OCD. Each chapter of the book is written by an expert in the area. The first section of t