Obsessive-compulsive Disorders - Diagnosis, Etiology, Treatment (Hardcover)

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 Disorders
covers 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.