Theoretical Approaches to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Theoretical Approaches to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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 explain this disorder. The book includes behavioural/learning accounts (and cognitive-behavioural supplements of these), based on Pavlovian personality theories (such as those by Eysenck, Gray and Claridge), Pierre Janet's account, cybernetic approaches, psychodynamic approaches, Reed's 'cognitive-structural' account, and biological approaches. Therapeutic approaches to the disorder are also considered, insofar as they are relevant to these theories. This book is unique in both the comprehensiveness and the depth of its coverage of theories of OCD. It also offers an entirely new approach to the definition of the disorder.
- The most comprehensive discussion of OCD theories available
- A detailed analysis and critique is given of each theory
- The book presents a new approach to the definition of OCD
Reviews & endorsements
"To the credit of the author, Theoretical Approaches to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder offers a seminal approach to the definition and classification of OCD...This book is sound, highly valuable, and a significant evaluation of OCD. This small volume is certainly worthy of review and study in clinical practitioners' libraries as a reference. The author has presented a highly logical and reasonably scientific contribution to clinical psychology. The evaluation in and of itself is rational, well-written, soundly documented, with subject and author indices very adequate...I am truly pleased to speak well of Theoretical Approaches to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Ian Jakes. In my judgment it is a book that contributes greatly to psychological literature." Contemporary Psychology
Product details
June 1996Hardback
9780521460583
216 pages
229 × 152 × 16 mm
0.49kg
1 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Synopsis
- Acknowledgments and provenance
- 1. The natural history and definition of obsessive-compulsive disorder
- 2. Behavioral/learning accounts of OCD
- 3. Accounts of OCD based upon personality theories derived from the work of Pavlov
- 4. Janet on OCD
- 5. Psychodynamic approaches to OCD
- 6. Cognitive style/deficit approaches to OCD
- 7. Biological approaches to OCD
- 8. Concluding remarks
- References
- Author index
- Subject index.
