Anxiety Disorders (obsessions and compulsions)

  1. Definitions, measures and examples of obsessions and compulsions
    Defining obsessions and compulsions; case studies/examples (e.g. ‘Charles’ by Rapoport, 1989); measures, e.g. Maudsley obsessive-compulsive inventory.
  2. Explanations of obsessive/compulsive disorder – 
    Biomedical; cognitive-behavioural; psychodynamic.
  3. Treatments for obsessive/compulsive disorder
    Drug therapy; cognitive-behavioural therapy; psychoanalytic therapy.

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