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Offers mental-health practitioners new insights into the disorders now that the development of DSM-IV, ICD-10, and new assessment instruments has made possible refinements in definition and assessment made possible. Among the 14 topics are childhood obsessive-compulsive disorders, spectrum disorders, neuropsychiatry, neurochemistry, veterinary models, serotonin-reuptake inhibitors in treatment, behavioral treatment, yoga meditation, group and multifamily behavioral treatments, and support groups. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Integrates modern science and medicine with alternative and self-help therapies. Updates current knowledge on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)-offering practical advice for specific and appropriate patient care. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorderscovers spectrum illnesses, including somatoform, dissociative, eating, schizo-obsessive, neurological, and impulse-control conditions defines and assesses OCD with DSM-IV and other instruments discusses causative factors of OCD examines and proposes improved naturally occurring veterinary animal models details new pharmacological and combination/augmentation treatments and serotonin-reuptake inhibitors provides a mind-brain interaction paradigm based on metabolic changes resulting from cognitive behavioral self-treatment charts the growth of nonpharmacological and behavioral as well as alternative therapies, such as group and family support strategies and yoga meditation and more.
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