Current Insights in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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Current Insights in OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER Edited by E. Hollander Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA J. Zohar Mentái Health Center, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel D. Marazziti Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy and B. Olivier Department of Pharmacology, Solvay Duphar B. V., Da Weesp, The Netherlands In the span of a decade, the research image of obsessive compulsive disorder has changed from that of a little known, poorly understood "neurosis" to one of the most exciting frontiers in psychiatry. It is now recognized as being a common disorder, mainly associated with intrusive, obsessional thoughts or recurrent strong promptings to perform ritualistic behaviour. The ruminations and compulsions cause marked distress and are so time consuming as to interfere dramatically with normál daily life. Presented here is a wide-ranging, authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the most recent and significant advances in the basic research... Tovább

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Current Insights in OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER Edited by E. Hollander Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA J. Zohar Mentái Health Center, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel D. Marazziti Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy and B. Olivier Department of Pharmacology, Solvay Duphar B. V., Da Weesp, The Netherlands In the span of a decade, the research image of obsessive compulsive disorder has changed from that of a little known, poorly understood "neurosis" to one of the most exciting frontiers in psychiatry. It is now recognized as being a common disorder, mainly associated with intrusive, obsessional thoughts or recurrent strong promptings to perform ritualistic behaviour. The ruminations and compulsions cause marked distress and are so time consuming as to interfere dramatically with normál daily life. Presented here is a wide-ranging, authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the most recent and significant advances in the basic research and clinical investigation of obsessive compulsive disorder. Areas represented include animal models, neuropsychiatry studies, assessment scales, imaging, biological dissection, obsessive compulsive related disorders, pharmacological approaches, treatment resistance, new 5-HT compounds, obsessive compulsive disorder in children and pharmacological challenges. Written by leading experts in the field, the book will be of enormous value to psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychoanalysts, behaviour therapists, psychopharmacologists, epidemiologists and neuropsychologists. Vissza