Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy)

Drs. McGinn and Sanderson have done an excellent job of writing an empirically validated treatment manual for obsessive-compulsive disorder. This volume integrates the most widely researched cognitive-behavioral treatments for OCD into one comprehensive therapy guide. The book is clinically detailed, with a step-by-step explanation of each phase in the assessment and treatment of OCD. The guide includes one extended case study, with detailed session transcripts, that runs throughout the book and illustrates how to implement each treatment strategy. The book is very readable, both for clinicians who are already experienced with OCD and for those who are just beginning. I highly recommend it. (Jeffrey Young, Ph.D., Columbia University; director, Cognitive Therapy Centers of New York and Connecticut)

This is an up-to-date guide to the cognitive-behavioral treatment of OCD for the mental health professional. A common and disabling disorder that is often misdiagnosed, OCD is highly responsive to appropriate treatment. This book is an important advance, as it offers clinicians a practical and specific treatment approach based on an informed theoretical background. A significant barrier to the treatment of OCD patients is the lack of adequately trained cognitive-behavioral therapists. The authors address this important public health problem by increasing the number of informed and well-trained clinicians. (Eric Hollander, M.D., professor and director, Compulsive, Impulsive, and Anxiety Disorders Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine)

Since many practitioners seek out books on cognitive-behavioral therapy to fill a gap in their training, there is clearly a need for 'how-to' treatment manuals. With this book, Drs. McGinn and Sanderson have met that need with utmost skill and mastery. They have succeeded admirably in their goal to educate and train clinicians in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. (Aaron T. Beck M.D., professor of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)

Lata K. McGinn, Ph.D., is director of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Program and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. William C. Sanderson, Ph.D., is associate professor of psychology at Rutgers University in New Jersey.