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Taylor & Francis Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Diagnosis Etiology Treatment 1997 Edition by Eric Hollander
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 Disorderscovers 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. Table of contents : - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Diagnosis and Assessment, Dana J. H. Niehaus and Dan J. SteinChildhood OCD, John Piacentini and Flemming GraaeObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Lisa J. Cohen, Dan J. Stein, Daphne Simeon, and Eric HollanderThe Neuropsychiatry of OCD, Lisa J. Cohen, Dan J. Stein, and Eric HollanderThe Neurochemistry of OCD, Dan J. Stein, Daphne Simeon, and Eric HollanderVeterinary Models of OCD, N. H. Dodman, A. Moon-Fanelli, P. A. Mertens, S. Pflueger, and Dan J. SteinSerotonin-Reuptake Inhibitors in the Treatment of OCD, Darin Dougherty and Scott L. RauchNovel Pharmacological Treatments of OCD, William A. HewlettCombination Pharmacological Treatment Strategies, Christopher J. McDougle and Wayne K. GoodmanBehavioral Treatment of OCD, Joao Silvestre and Bonnie R. AronowitzCognitive-Behavioral Self-Treatment for OCD Systematically Alters Cerebral Metabolism: A Mind/Brain Interaction Paradigm for Psychotherapists, Jeffrey M. SchwartzYogic Meditation Techniques Are Effective in the Treatment of OCD, David S. Shannahoff-KhalsaGroup and Multifamily Behavioral Treatments for OCD, Barbara Van Noppen, Gail Steketee, and Michele PatoSupport Groups: An Essential Ingredient in Recovery, James W. Broatch