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Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford (9 Jan 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0198515375
ISBN-13: 978-0198515371
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.6 x 1.2 cm

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This book is essential reading for clinicians working in mental health settings. It would also be of interest to trainee clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, occupational therapists and social workers. I will most certainly use this manual, which is a most welcome volume and great contribution to the practice of CBT. (Psychological Medicine, Vol 34 )

. . . a welcome addition to the treatment strategies clinicians can employ in managing patients with obsessions . . . This is a gem of a book and will be extrememly helpful for therapists. (International Review of Psychiatry )

Stanley Rachman is a gifted speaker and writer and The Treatment of Obsessions is a good proof of these qualities. He presents a clear and succinct account of the topic in his simple and elegant style. (Human Nature Review, Volume 3 )

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In the past decade, important progress has been made in understanding the spectrum of obsessive-compulsive disorders; however, most advances in treatment have been directed at the compulsive element of the behaviour. It is estimated that for as many as one in three patients presenting with obsessive-compulsive disorder, the primary problem is the obsessions. Obsessions are repetitive, unwanted thoughts, images or impulses. This book describes how to conduct the first, specific cognitive treatment for obsessions, and provides a comprehensive account of the underlying cognitive theory and supporting experimental evidence. The book discusses patient assessment procedures, provides a detailed explanation of the specific technique, anticipates possible patient reactions and suggests tactics for dealing with them, and explores methods for assessing progress. Throughout, there are helpful case studies to illustrate aspects of the technique and the book closes with a 'tool kit' of forms and charts to allow the therapist to plan and record treatment sessions. This will be essential reading for all members of the mental health team involved in applying cognitive therapies, as well as those in patient support organizations and academics interested in abnormal psychologies.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An insightful and stimulating book, 2 Oct 2003

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In a previous review of his book, Rachman was unfairly criticised for not addressing issues such as fandom, or football fanaticism. However, this review failed on even a basic level to grasp the author's main purpose: to expand upon his previous work by proposing, for an audience of academics and clinical professionals, a new cognitive theory of obsessions (by which is meant the distressing and "unwanted thoughts, images or impulses" experienced continously by many sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorders) and from this to outline a new treatment method for use and adaptation by clinical practitioners of cognitive behvioural therapy. As such, the book is a resounding sucess.

As a sufferer of deeply distressing obsessions throughout my adolescence and early adulthood, I found the book to be enlightening. By considering my obsessions as extreme manifestations of a normal psychological phenomenon - the intrusion of meaningless mental flotsam - and using this observation as the basis for behavioural and cognitive experiments, I have manged to reduce the significance of my obsessions, their impact upon my life, and furthermore have experienced a great reduction in their frequency.

Although this book was recommended to me by a therapist, it should be noted that it is not intended as a self-help manual for patients, and caution should therefore be exercised if it is used by someone suffering with obsessions who is not under the supervision of mental healthcare professionals. However, so clear and logically presented are Rachman's thoughts that academic and educated lay reader alike will find an insightful and stimulating approach to the treatment of obsessions, whose results are at best life-altering for patients. I wholeheartedly recommend this book.

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