Overview

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Casebook (Revised Edition) presents 60 case histories of OCD. Each case offers a discussion by the author and editors regarding their opinion on each diagnosis. This book will be useful to psychiatric residents because it provides examples of the many kinds of obsessions they will encounter in practice.

Full Product Details

Author:   John H. Greist ,  James W. Jefferson
Publisher:   American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Imprint:   American Psychiatric Press Inc.
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780880487290

ISBN 10:   0880487291
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 January 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword. Introduction. How do I know it is normal? The wastebasket aparment. Destructive compulsions. The shoplifter. Shut out of her home. Out of kilter. Multiple complaints. A nervous wreck. Losing weight. The man with hypochondriacal complaints. A problem of church and state. Bad people. A counting nightmare. A diagnostic dilemma. A conflict with society. A potpourri of problems. The anxious perfectionist. Mark's story. Like mother, like daughter. Mentally ill. Concerns about safety. The man with thoughts of sex and aggression. Delusions. Too many zits. The boy who turned right. Fearing the menstrual flow. The family held hostage. The chemistry teacher. The redhead. John's story. Compulsive cutting. Shopping for number 4. Scatologically scared. The girl who couldn't stop spitting. Fat or thin?-that is the question. Obsessed with OCD. Panic in the sealed room. I love him-I love him not . OCD in the guise of alcohol abuse. A case of schizophrenia. The epileptic adolescent with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Mother's backache reveals the patient with OCD. The circumnavigator. His family's shame. The man who feared particles. Checking for tics. Hoarding and the birth of a child. Are they laughing at me? Obsessed with the departed. The man who couldn't stop calling. The law-and-order student. Obsessed with hunger. He sinned in his heart. Stuck on his tics. The boy who would not behave. Obsessed with her fears. The boy who collected soda cans. The roots of her problems. Rituals in her mind. The scent of obsession. Afterword. Further reading. Index.

Reviews

<p> This is a first-rate book that discusses real cases and successful solutions to treatment dilemmas that are faced by all clinicians. It combines actual cases with didactic material that allows for an optimal learning situation. I highly recommend it! -- Michael A. Jenike, M.D., Associate Chief of Psychiatry, Director, OCD Clinic and Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

This is a first-rate book that discusses real cases and successful solutions to treatment dilemmas that are faced by all clinicians. It combines actual cases with didactic material that allows for an optimal learning situation. I highly recommend it! -- Michael A. Jenike, M.D., Associate Chief of Psychiatry, Director, OCD Clinic and Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

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