Theoretical approaches to obsessive-compulsive disorder / Ian Jakes.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is currently the subject of considerable research, since recent epidemiological studies have suggested that the condition is more prevalent than was originally believed. This book offers a critical discussion of the most important theories that have been put forward to...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Jakes, Ian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Series:Problems in the behavioural sciences ; 14.
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Table of Contents:
  • The natural history and definition of obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Behavioural/learning accounts of OCD
  • Accounts of OCD based upon personality theories derived from the work of Pavlov
  • Janet on OCD
  • Psychodynamic approaches to OCD
  • Cognitive style/deficit approaches to OCD
  • Biological approaches to OCD.