Practical methods for better outcomes in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Tracks
Track 2
| Friday, May 15, 2020 |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Presenter(s)
Prof Ross Menzies
B.Sc.Psych(Hons I), M.Psychol(Clin)(Hons I), PhD
University Of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Practical methods for better outcomes in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
10:30 AM - 5:00 PMAssumed knowledge of attendee
Beginner (casual familiarity with topic area e.g., treated one case)
Level of learning
Intermediate
Outline
It is widely acknowledged that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can be difficult to treat. Though Exposure and Ritual Prevention (ERP), in combination with Cognitive Therapy (CT), remains the most popular approach to treatment, outcomes with these procedures are less than ideal. Practical instruction in the Danger Ideation Reduction Therapy (DIRT) program will be given and new directions for treatment will be explored. In particular, the role of existential concerns in mediating OCD symptoms will be examined. Recent research suggests that death anxiety may be a transdiagnostic causal factor in a variety of mental health disorders, including OCD. Learning how to treat existential dread may be critical for achieving stable, long-term recovery in individuals with OCD, and a broad range of additional disorders. Coverage of contemporary approaches to death anxiety will be included in the workshop.
Learning outcomes
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
• Implement ERP, DIRT and alternative procedures with a range of OCD presentations
• Explain the role of death anxiety, and related existential concerns, in OCD.
• Adequately assess OCD with a range of measures, including measures on relevant existential concerns.
• Demonstrate increased competence in building comprehensive formulations that account for adaptive and maladaptive behaviours in clients
• Implement ERP, DIRT and alternative procedures with a range of OCD presentations
• Explain the role of death anxiety, and related existential concerns, in OCD.
• Adequately assess OCD with a range of measures, including measures on relevant existential concerns.
• Demonstrate increased competence in building comprehensive formulations that account for adaptive and maladaptive behaviours in clients
Biography
Ross Menzies is a Professor in the Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS). In 1991, he was appointed founding Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the University of Sydney, a post which he held for over 20 years. He is the past National President of the Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (AACBT) and is the editor of Australia's national CBT journal, Behaviour Change. Professor Menzies is an active researcher with nearly three decades of continuous funding from national competitive sources. He has produced 9 books and more than 200 journal papers and book chapters and was the President and Convenor of the 8th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT) in Melbourne in 2016. He has recently been appointed a founding director of the newly formed World Confederation of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (WCCBT) to be based in New York.
