The Fear of Contamination: Assessment and Treatment (Cognitive Behaviour therapy: Science and Practice Series, Band 3) - Hardcover

Rachman, Stanley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199292477 ISBN 13: 9780199292479

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

From a leader in the field of psychotherapy, this new book is the first dedicated to the topic of the fear of contamination. The fear of contamination is the driving force behind compulsive washing, the most common manifestation of obsessive compulsive disorder. This is one of the most extraordinary of all human fears. It is complex, powerful, probably universal, easily provoked, intense, and difficult to control. Usually the fear is caused by physical contact with a contaminant and spreads rapidly and widely. The book starts by defining the disorder, before considering the various manifestations of this fear, examining both mental contamination and contact contamination, and feelings of disgust.Most significantly, it develops a theory for how this problem can be treated, providing clinical guidelines - based around cognitive behavioural techniques.

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
American Psychological Association - Distinguished Scientific Contribution 1984

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0199292477
• ISBN 13: 9780199292479
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 212
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