Oxford guide to the treatment of mental contamination / Stanley Rachman [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rachman, Stanley, author.

Rachman, S., author.

Series:

Oxford Guides to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fear of contamination--Treatment.

Fear of contamination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fear of contamination drives the most common manifestation of obsessive compulsive disorders(OCD), compulsive washing. OCD is a distressing anxiety disorder that affects 1-2 percent of the population and can be disabling. Intense and complex forms of the disorder benefit from advanced analyses of contamination and its treatment. This book, part of a series on modern psychological treatments published by OUP, provides a detailed account of the nature and causes of the various forms of a fear of contamination and their consequences. Methods of treatment are described and fully illustrated by c

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part 1Contamination Fears; 1 Clinical Fears of Contamination; Case illustration of fear of contamination in OCD; 2 Feelings and Features of Contact and Mental Contamination; Case illustrations of contamination; 3 Forms of Mental Contamination; Case illustrations of different forms of mental contamination; 4 A Cognitive Theory of Contamination Fears and Compulsive Washing; Part 2 Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Mental Contamination; 5 Assessment and Formulation of Mental Contamination; 6 Overview of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Mental Contamination

Case illustrations of cognitive behavioral methods7 Contamination After Physical or Psychological Violations; Case illustrations of treatment of contamination after physical or psychological violations; 8 Self-Contamination; Case illustrations of the treatment of self-contamination; 9 Morphing; Case illustrations of the treatment of morphing; 10 Visual Contamination; Case illustrations of treatment of visual contamination; 11 Case Series; 12 Implications of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Mental Contamination; Part 3 Toolkit: Appendices; Appendix 1 VOCI (Contact) Contamination Subscale Items

Appendix 2 VOCI Mental Contamination Scale (VOCI-MC)Appendix 3 Contamination Thought-Action Fusion Scale; Appendix 4 Contamination Sensitivity Scale; Appendix 5 Personal Significance Scale (Intrusive Thoughts); Appendix 6 Contamination Standardized Interview Schedule; Appendix 7 Treatment for OCD: Information for Patients; Appendix 8 Morphing: Informationfor Patients; Appendix 9 Self-Contamination: Information for Patients; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780191040115

0191040118

9780191807848

0191807842

9780191040108

019104010X

OCLC:

899273222