The Obsessive Mind

Based on the results of current research, The Obsessive Mind offers a well-defined and comprehensive understanding of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and its treatment model.

Francesco Mancini is director of the Quadrennial Postgraduate Specialisation Schools in Cognitive-Behaviour Psychotherapy Associazione di Psicologia Cognitiva APC and Scuola di Psicoterapia Cognitiva srl SPC, and full professor of clinical psychology at Guglielmo Marconi University, Rome. He is the past-president of the Italian Society of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (SITCC).

List of Contributors Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 Psychological Explanation of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 1. The Characteristics of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the Questions it Raises 2. Goals and Beliefs, Proximate Determinants of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms 3. Cognitive Processes in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 4. Answers to the Questions Raised by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 5. Cognitive Deficits and Obsessive-Comulsive Disorder 6. Vulnerability in Obsessive-Comulsive Disorder Part 2 Psychological Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 7. Introduction to the Therapy: The Rationale of the Intervention 8. Constructing a Diagrammatic Model for Understanding the Disorder: Objectives, Procedure, Difficulties 9. Techniques of Cognitive Restructuring 10. Disgust and Contamination: Cognitive Anti-Disgust Interventions 11. Accepting Risk: Cognitive Techniques 12. Exposure with Response Prevention as a Practice of Acceptance 13. Mindfulness for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 14. Intervention to Reduce Current Vulnerability to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 15. Interventions on Historical Vulnerability 16. Preventing Relapses and Concluding Therapy 17. The Role of Family Members in the Maintenance of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Psychoeducation and Psychotherapy 18. Treatment Traps: Underlying Beliefs and Goals and Solutions References Index