Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Subtypes and Spectrum Conditions

Dr. Abramowitz is Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an internationally recognized expert on the treatment of OCD and has published over 100 journal articles, books chapters, or books on this and related topics. He has received awards from the Mayo Clinic, American Psychological Association (Division 12) and the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation. Dr. Abramowitz serves as Associate Editor of Behavior Research and Therapy and on the editorial boards of several professional journals. He was a members of the DSM-IV-TR Anxiety Disorders Work Group.

Dr. Dean McKay is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Fordham University. He has published over 175 journal articles and book chapters, and edited or co-edited 16 books dealing with assessment and treatment of complex cases in children and adults, OCD, disgust in psychopathology, and research methodology. His research has also focused on mechanisms of information processing bias for anxiety states.

Dr. Steven Taylor is a Professor and Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia. He obtained his BSc and MSc in Clinical Psychology from the University of Melbourne, and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Taylor’s research and clinical work focus on anxiety related conditions, including posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and health anxiety. He has served on the anxiety disorders committee for the text revision of DSM-IV and on the Canadian federal government’s expert panel on COVID-19. Dr. Taylor has written more than 20 books, including Elsevier’s Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Subtypes and Spectrum Conditions.