An Introduction to Coping with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, 2nd Edition
Published on 19. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-4721-4014-2 (ISBN)
Description
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) affects millions of people each year. But it can be treated effectively with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Written by an experienced practitioner, this introductory book explains what OCD is, what different forms it takes and how it can make you feel. It will help you to understand your symptoms and is ideal as an immediate coping strategy and as a preliminary to fuller therapy. You will learn:
? How OCD develops and what keeps it going
? The role that intrusive thoughts play in your compulsive behaviour
? Cognitive skills and exposure and response prevention techniques
Written by an experienced practitioner, this introductory book explains what OCD is, what different forms it takes and how it can make you feel. It will help you to understand your symptoms and is ideal as an immediate coping strategy and as a preliminary to fuller therapy. You will learn:
? How OCD develops and what keeps it going
? The role that intrusive thoughts play in your compulsive behaviour
? Cognitive skills and exposure and response prevention techniques
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Illustrations
20 b/w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
60 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4721-4014-2 (9781472140142)
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Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
04/2018
Robinson
€4.99
Available for download
Leonora Brosan
Introduction to Coping with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
E-Book
02/2013
Robinson
€2.49
Available for download
Person
Dr Lee Brosan is a consultant psychologist with the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. Over a long career she has been Head of the Psychological Treatment Service, Trust Lead for the Development of Psychological Therapies, Clinical Associate at the MRC Cognitive and Brain Science Unit in Cambridge, a founder member of the Cambridge Clinical Research Centre for Affective Disorders, and Associate Lecturer in the Experimental Psychology Department at Cambridge.