Integrates modern science and medicine with alternative and self-help therapies. Updates current knowledge on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)-offering practical advice for specific and appropriate patient care. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders · covers spectrum illnesses, including somatoform, dissociative, eating, schizo-obsessive, neurological, and impulse-control conditions · defines and assesses OCD with DSM-IV and other instruments · discusses causative factors of OCD · examines and proposes improved naturally occurring veterinary animal models · details new pharmacological and combination/augmentation treatments and serotonin-reuptake inhibitors · provides a mind-brain interaction paradigm based on metabolic changes resulting from cognitive behavioral self-treatment · charts the growth of nonpharmacological and behavioral as well as alternative therapies, such as group and family support strategies and yoga meditation · and more.
Dan J Stein is Professor and Chair of the Dept of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, Director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit on Anxiety Disorders, and Visiting Professor of Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Medical School in New York.
Dan did his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Cape Town, and his doctorate (in the area of clinical neuroscience) at the University of Stellenbosch. He trained in psychiatry, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship (in the area of psychopharmacology) at Columbia University. His training also includes a doctorate in philosophy.
Dan's research focuses on the psychobiology and management of the anxiety disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and social anxiety disorder. His work ranges from basic neuroscience through to epidemiological and cross-cultural research. He is particularly enthusiastic about the possibility of clinical practice and scientific research that integrates theoretical concepts and empirical data across these different levels.
Dan's work has been continuously funded by extramural grants for close to 20 years. He has authored or edited over 25 volumes, including "Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience of Mood and Anxiety Disorders", and "The Philosophy of Psychopharmacology: Smart Pills, Happy Pills, Pep Pills". He has contributed to many articles and chapters. He is a recipient of CINP's Max Hamilton Memorial Award for his contribution to psychopharmacology.
