OCD Expert Paul Salkovskis

[Daniel E.]

Professor Paul Salkovskis is most known for his inflated-responsibility model of OCD:

Responsibility attitudes and interpretations are characteristic of obsessive compulsive disorder

The cognitive–behavioural theory of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) proposes that a key factor influencing obsessional behaviour is the way in whi…

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In the talk below, he discusses the "collateral damage" (human cost) of "clinical pessimism" and the general lack of early intervention:



"Mindfulness -- I'm afraid -- has become a cult."

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[Daniel E.]

What does it really mean to have OCD? In today's episode Professor Paul Salkovskis explains the various manifestations of OCD and their corresponding behaviours, we discover why OCD is an “affliction of the nice”, why the average sufferer waits 11 years before seeking treatment, why the media and general public think it’s okay to mock the condition, and why ultimately OCD is "an unnecessary illness".