Clinical Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

This leading-edge Handbook provides in-depth research-based and practice-focused information about the assessment and treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (OCRDs) across the lifespan. Unlike the many extant texts on OCRDs that focus on a specific disorder (e.g., obsessive-compulsive, hoarding) within a particular developmental span (e.g., childhood, adolescence), this unique volume examines research-based treatments for a range of disorders across childhood and adolescence through adulthood. In addition to its detailed guidance on translating science into effective clinical practice, case examples are offered to illustrate a range of complexities that may occur during treatment. OCRDs as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Fifth Edition (DSM-5) include: OCD, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), hypochondriasis, chronic tic disorders (e.g., Tourette s syndrome), Trichotillomania (i.e., hair pulling disorder), pathological excoriation and hoarding disorder. Despite the greater understanding of the nature and treatment of these conditions that has been gained from decades of research, the dissemination of information regarding applied treatment in the real world remains limited. Furthermore, putative ingredients of effective treatment are often omitted in the psychosocial care of individuals with these problems (e.g., exposure and response prevention in OCD). This cutting-edge Handbook provides illustrative case examples involving the treatment of OCRDs across the lifespan. It is must-have resource for clinicians and scientist-practitioners as well as researchers, professors and graduate students in clinical child and school psychology as well as adult clinical psychology, psychotherapy and counseling, social work and family studies.§