Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Graham Davey is Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex, UK. His research interests are in the areas of anxiety disorders and pathological worrying, and he has published over 140 scientific articles and written or edited 18 books, including Psychopathology. He is a former President of the British Psychological Society and is currently editor-in-chief of Journal of Experimental Psychopathology.Suzanne Dash began her psychology career at the University of Oxford, before moving to the University of Sussex to complete a PhD in mechanisms of worry. Following a post-doctoral position in parental transmission of anxiety disorders, Suzanne returned to the University of Oxford where she is now studying Graduate-Entry Medicine.Frances Meeten is Research Fellow at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK. Since completing her D.Phil in 2010 at the University of Sussex, she has specialised in anxiety research and currently works on projects examining the brain/body relationship in anxiety and perseverative cognition.

• SECTION I: WHAT IS OCD?1. OCD: Symptoms and Diagnosis2. OCD: Prevalence and Epidemiology3. OCD Related Mental Health Problems SECTION II: WHAT CAUSES OCD?4. Cognitive Factors5. Behavioural, Psychodynamic and Social Factors6. Biological Models of OCDSECTION III: HOW DO WE TREAT OCD?7. Psychological Treatments8. Biological and Pharmacological Treatments.