TY - BOOK ID - 206840 TI - Concepts and controversies in obsessive-compulsive disorder AU - Abramowitz, Jonathan S. AU - Houts, Arthur C. PY - 2005 SN - 128070084X 9786610700844 0387233709 038723280X 1441920080 PB - New York, N.Y. ; [London] : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Obsessive-compulsive disorder. KW - Compulsive behavior. KW - Addictive behavior KW - Behavior, Compulsive KW - Compulsion (Psychology) KW - Impulse KW - Psychology, Pathological KW - Obsessive-compulsive disorder KW - Compulsive disorder KW - Fixed ideas KW - Obsession (Psychology) KW - Obsessive-compulsive neuroses KW - Obsessive-compulsive neurosis KW - OCD (Disease) KW - Neuroses KW - Compulsive behavior KW - Psychology, clinical. KW - Consciousness. KW - Clinical Psychology. KW - Personality and Social Psychology. KW - Clinical psychology. KW - Apperception KW - Mind and body KW - Perception KW - Philosophy KW - Psychology KW - Spirit KW - Self KW - Psychiatry KW - Psychology, Applied KW - Psychological tests KW - Personality. KW - Social psychology. KW - Mass psychology KW - Psychology, Social KW - Human ecology KW - Social groups KW - Sociology KW - Personal identity KW - Personality psychology KW - Personality theory KW - Personality traits KW - Personology KW - Traits, Personality KW - Individuality KW - Persons KW - Temperament UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:206840 AB - Few syndromes in psychopathology generate as much popular curiosity and clinical exploration as does obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Since the 1970s, research on OCD has increased exponentially. Speci?c advances include an improved grasp of the heterogeneity of the disorder, identi?cation of putative subtyping schemes, and the development of increasingly sophisticated theoretical models of the etiology and maintenance. Perhaps most importantly, research has led to advances in treatment; andwhereasthe?rstlinetherapies(cognitive-behaviortherapyandserotonergicm- ication) are not entirely effective for every sufferer, they have transformed OCD from an unmanageable lifetime af?iction into a treatable problem that need not reduce quality of life. Despite the aforementioned advances, there have emerged a number of sharp disagreements concerning OCD. Differences have surfaced over phenomenological issues, etiological models, and approaches to treatment, and often occur (but not exclusively) along disciplinary lines between biologically oriented and cogniti- behaviorally oriented authorities. For example, medical approaches posit that abn- mal biological processes cause OCD, whereas psychosocial formulations emphasize the role of learning and dysfunctional cognitions. Yet because theoretical conjecture andempirical?ndingsfromwithineachtraditionaretypicallyaddressedtowardd- tinct and narrow audiences, clinicians, researchers, and students with broad interests are hindered from gaining a clear grasp of the diverse (and sometimes polarized) perspectives. ER -