Clinical obsessive-compulsive disorders in adults and children

• Other Authors: Hudak, Robert 1966- (Editor), Dougherty, Darin D. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011
• Series: Cambridge medicine
• Subjects: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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"Clinical Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in Adults and Children is a complete, comprehensive overview of OCD, covering its underlying causes, manifestations and treatment. The book begins by covering the basic science of OCD and its biological basis and mechanisms. It discusses the treatment fo...

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Obsessive-compulsive disorder: epidemiology and diagnosis Robert Hudak; 2. Neurobiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder and its relevance to surgical treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder Darin D. Dougherty and Benjamin D. Greenberg; 3. Serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder Signi A. Page and Robert Hudak; 4. Augmentation of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder Andrew Goddard and Yong-Wook Shin; 5. Obsessive-compulsive disorder and comorbid mood disorders Jonathan S. Abramowitz; 6. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: clinical characterization and treatment Michael Poyurovsky;
• 7. Medication management of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents Andrew Gilbert; 8. Exposure with response prevention treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder Fugen Neziroglu, Beth Forhman and Sony Khemlani-Patel; 9. Compulsive hoarding Christina M. Gilliam and David F. Tolin; 10. Cognitive-behavioural therapy for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder Aureen P. Wagner; 11. The influences of community and society on obsessive-compulsive disorder Elaine Davis; 12. The family in OCD treatment Andrea Allen and Stefano Pallanti; 13. Providing treatment for patients with OCD Terri Laterza, Kalie Pierce and Robert Hudak; 14. Body dysmorphic disorder Katharine Phillips; 15. Trichotillomania and impulse control disorders Michael H. Bloch; Index.