Theoretical Approaches to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

ISBN-13: 9780521460583 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 216 str.

Ian Jakes

Opis

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) 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 behavioral/learning accounts (and cognitive-behavioral supplements of these), accounts 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.

Recenzje

'… most impressive study … Jakes's insight is profound … I can strongly recommend this book. Ian Jakes has left us much to think about.' Frederick Toates, Behavioural Research Therapy

Spis treści

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.