Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for OCD and Its Subtypes, First Edition

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 OCD
1. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Diagnostic Enigma
2. Phenomenology of Obsessions and Compulsions
II. Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Research
3. Behavioral Perspectives on OCD
4. Neuropsychology and Information Processing in OCD
5. Cognitive Appraisals Theories of OCD
6. Thought Suppression and Obsessions
7. Cognitive Control: A New Model of Obsessions
III. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
8. Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment of OCD
9. Getting Started: Basic Elements and Rationale
10. Cognitive Restructuring and Generating Alternatives
11. Empirical Hypothesis Testing
12. Modifying Secondary Appraisals of Control
13. Empirical Status and Future Directions