An evidence-based approach to psychopharmacology addressing the questions of optimal first line interventions, maintenance pharmacotherapy and management of treatment-refractory patients.

An evidence-based approach to psychopharmacology addressing the questions of optimal first line interventions, maintenance pharmacotherapy and management of treatment-refractory patients.

Providing clinicians and patients with the latest developments in research, this new edition is a succinct and practical introduction to the diagnosis, evaluation and management of OCD and other related disorders. Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library series, this pocketbook includes individual chapters on the phenomenology, pathogenesis, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy of OCD and other related disorders, and features fully updated content and research. The book also includes a helpful resources chapter, and an Appendix with summaries of the major rating scales used to assess patients with...