Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Wide-ranging and accessible, this book covers all evidence-based approaches to obsessive compulsive disorder in adults and children.

List of contents

1. So what is OCD and is it really a problem?; 2. Who gets OCD and how would anyone know if they had it?; 3. Types and presentation of OCD; 4. Drug treatment; 5. Exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD; 6. Children and adolescents with OCD; 7. Old treatments, modern developments, new research and potential treatments for the future; 8. Other conditions which appear similar to OCD; 9. What can family and carers do to help a person with OCD?; 10. What can the person with OCD do to help themselves?

About the author

Lynne M. Drummond is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Lecturer with South West London and St George's NHS Mental Health Trust, where she has run a CBT specialist service since 1985. She works closely with charities including Triumph Over OCD and Phobias UK (TOP UK), OCD Action and OCD UK. Passionate about public education, Drummond advises in the media. Recent work includes Channel 4's 'A Little Bit OCD with Jon Richardson', winner of a Mind Media Award in 2013, and ITV's 'OCD Ward', shortlisted for a Mind Media Award in 2014.

Product details

• Authors: Lynne M. Drummond, Laura J. Edwards
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2018
• EAN: 9781911623755
• ISBN: 978-1-911623-75-5
• No. of pages: 158
• Dimensions: 120 mm x 190 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 157 g
• Series: Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General