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Chapter 16 - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

from Part III - Application and Adaptations for Mental Health Presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2025

Jessica Davies ,
Paul Salkovskis  and
Kenneth Laidlaw
Foreword by
Judith S. Beck
Jessica Davies
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
Paul Salkovskis
Affiliation:
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust & University of Oxford
Kenneth Laidlaw
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
Judith S. Beck
Affiliation:
Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy & University of Pennsylvania
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The chapter will help you to be able to explain what OCD is and how it typically presents, describe and use evidence-based CBT protocols for OCD, choose and use appropriate formulation models for CBT for OCD, describe the importance of using Exposure and Response Prevention and/or Behavioural Experiments in any treatment plan, develop a treatment plan for CBT for OCD, using appropriate measures, and take account of comorbidity in managing CBT for OCD

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CBTOCDERPobsessionscompulsionsSalkovskisFoaSteketee

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Cambridge Guide to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) , pp. 172 - 192
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Kozak, MJ, Foa, EB. Mastery of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Cognitive Behavioural Approach (Therapist Guide). Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1997.Google Scholar
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Bream, V, Challacombe, F, Palmer, A, Salkovskis, P. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2017.10.1093/med-psych/9780198703266.001.0001CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Jessica Davies, University of Exeter, Paul Salkovskis, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust & University of Oxford, Kenneth Laidlaw, University of Exeter
  • Foreword by Judith S. Beck, Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy & University of Pennsylvania
  • Book: Cambridge Guide to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Online publication: 18 November 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009090940.017
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  • Jessica Davies, University of Exeter, Paul Salkovskis, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust & University of Oxford, Kenneth Laidlaw, University of Exeter
  • Foreword by Judith S. Beck, Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy & University of Pennsylvania
  • Book: Cambridge Guide to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009090940.017
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  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Jessica Davies, University of Exeter, Paul Salkovskis, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust & University of Oxford, Kenneth Laidlaw, University of Exeter
  • Foreword by Judith S. Beck, Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy & University of Pennsylvania
  • Book: Cambridge Guide to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Online publication: 18 November 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009090940.017
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