Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

<p>Obsessive-compulsive disorder is now recognized to be a serious and chronic illness affecting more than 2% of the population. While the last decade of the twentieth century witnessed many advances on both the pharmacological and the behavioral fronts fewer than 50% of cases benefitted significantly from treatments available at the time. In this volume originally published in 2000 leading authorities offer a comprehensive cutting-edge overview of etiology diagnosis assessment and the latest cognitive-behavioral biological and combined approaches to intervention. A special focus is treatment-resistant illness.</p><p>Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Contemporary Issues in Treatment will be an indispensable resource for all professionals who seek better solutions to the often seemingly intractable problems of their OCD clients.</p>