Clinical Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

Description:
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 for both adults and children with an emphasis on providing information for clinicians to use in their everyday practice. Using the latest information regarding evidence-based treatments, it takes the reader through medication options, including behavioural therapy, support groups and recent developments in surgical treatment. The clinical manifestations of OCD are covered, as well as the differentiation between OCD and other neuropsychiatric disorders with similar presentations. Chapters on spectrum illnesses including body dysmorphic disorder, impulse control disorders such as trichotillomania, and hoarding are also included. This book will appeal to all mental health professionals, from practitioners to researchers, working in the field of compulsive disorders.

Table of Contents:
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.

Author Biography:
Robert Hudak is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Director, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Institute and Clinic, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. Darin D. Dougherty is Director of the Neurotherapeutics Division in the Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.