The Obsessive Mind

Name: The Obsessive Mind
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138321076
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Understanding and Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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The Obsessive Mind provides a comprehensive understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and its treatment, rooted in current psychological research. It offers detailed strategies and techniques for therapy, including work involving family members of those with OCD. A key focus is the role of moral goals as psychological drivers behind obsessive symptoms, presented within a coherent theoretical model. The book serves both new clinicians learning OCD theory and treatment and experienced practitioners seeking to enhance their therapeutic skills and overcome treatment challenges.
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This book is ideal for clinicians, psychologists, and students specialising in mental health, particularly those focused on obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is also useful for researchers and practitioners seeking advanced treatment approaches and theoretical insights into OCD.

Based on the results of current research, The Obsessive Mind offers a well-defined and comprehensive understanding of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and its treatment model.

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The Obsessive Mind offers a well-defined and comprehensive understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder and its treatment model. Based on the results of current research, the book provides a psychological perspective on the disorder, presenting a complete array of useful strategies and techniques that can be implemented in therapy. It also includes work that can be done with family members of OCD patients, all proposed coherently with the theoretical model of the disorder.

Additionally, it illustrates the pivotal role of moral goals as proximal psychological determinants of the obsessive symptomatology. The Obsessive Mind can be used by new clinicians to become acquainted with the theory and treatment of OCD, as well as by more advanced clinicians to enhance their OCD treatment skills. It introduces new interventions and ways to overcome deadlock in treatment, thereby increasing efficacy.

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Acclaimed by experts, The Obsessive Mind is praised for its thorough integration of clinical observations and empirical research, especially its unifying theory that links OCD symptoms to fear of guilt. Jonathan S. Abramowitz highlights the book as an essential resource grounded in the latest psychological science, while Reuven Dar endorses it for both scholars and practitioners looking to deepen their understanding and improve OCD treatment effectiveness.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138321076

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 November 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 22 Tables, black and white; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Francesco Mancini

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 582g

Pages: 422

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Education & Reference Health & Wellness Non-Fiction

About the Author

Francesco Mancini is director of the Quadrennial Postgraduate Specialisation Schools in Cognitive-Behaviour Psychotherapy Associazione di Psicologia Cognitiva APC and Scuola di Psicoterapia Cognitiva srl SPC, and full professor of clinical psychology at Guglielmo Marconi University, Rome. He is the past-president of the Italian Society of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (SITCC).