Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for OCD (eBook)

David A. Clark, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Canada. He received his doctorate from the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, England. Dr. Clark has published widely on cognitive theory and therapy of depression and OCD, and is a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. With Aaron T. Beck, Dr. Clark recently developed the Clark-Beck Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory, which assesses self-reported severity of obsessive and compulsive symptoms. He has received a number of research grants to study the cognitive basis of emotional disorders, the most recent being a Canadian federal grant to investigate intentional control of unwanted intrusive thoughts. He is also a founding member of the Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group, an international research group devoted to the study of the cognitive aspects of OCD, and serves as an associate editor of Cognitive Therapy and Research.

I. The Nature of OCD1. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Diagnostic Enigma2. Phenomenology of Obsessions and CompulsionsII. Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Research3. Behavioral Perspectives on OCD4. Neuropsychology and Information Processing in OCD5. Cognitive Appraisals Theories of OCD6. Thought Suppression and Obsessions7. Cognitive Control: A New Model of ObsessionsIII. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy8. Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment of OCD9. Getting Started: Basic Elements and Rationale10. Cognitive Restructuring and Generating Alternatives11. Empirical Hypothesis Testing12. Modifying Secondary Appraisals of Control13. Empirical Status and Future Directions