Kieron O’Connor & Frederick Aardema 
Beyond Reasonable Doubt [PDF ebook] 
Reasoning Processes in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders

About the Authors.
Preface.
Foreword by Paul M.G. Emmelkamp.
Acknowledgments.
1. Cognitive Approaches to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An
Overview.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Cognitive Approaches to OCD.
Intrusions and Inferences in OCD.
Phobic and Non-Phobic Models of Development in OCD.
Treatment Considerations.
Conclusion.
2. Reasoning in Everyday Life.
Formal Logic and Informal Thinking.
Making Sense of the Senses.
3. Reasoning and Narrative.
Conversation and Conviction.
Inference and Imagination.
Conclusion.
4. Reasoning and Psychopathology.
Reasoning in Clinical Populations.
Reasoning Therapy.
General Conclusion.
5. An Inference-Based Approach to Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder.
Clinical and Phenomenological Investigations into Inferential
Confusion.
Critical Concepts in an Inference-Based Model.
Psychometric Measurement of Inferential Confusion.
Experimental Studies of Inferential Confusion.
Clinical Trials of an Inference-Based Approach to Therapy
(IBA).
Conclusion.
6. Using the IBA Treatment Manual.
Introduction to Treatment.
Step-by-Step Program.
Common Queries from Clients.
Troubleshooting Guide.
Case Studies.
7. Future Directions.
IBA and Other Cognitive Therapy.
Future Development in IBA.
A Final Comment.
Appendix 1: Overview of Our Treatment Program for
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Appendix 2: Worksheets, Exercise Sheets and Training Cards.
Appendix 3.
Appendix 4.
References.
Index.

Kieron O’Connor completed his research and clinical
training in psychology at the University of Sussex and the
Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital London (UK). In 1988
he was awarded the first of a series of fellowships by the Fonds de
la Recherche en Santé du Québec, and
established a clinical research program at the Fernand-Seguin
Research Center, Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital, University of
Montreal. The multidisciplinary research program, which focuses on
obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette and tic disorder, and
delusional disorder, is currently funded by the Canadian Institutes
of Health Research. Kieron O’Connor is also Associate
Research Professor at the Psychiatry Department of the University
of Montreal and is scientific advisor to the Quebec OCD Foundation.
He has over 100 scientific publications. Forthcoming publications
include Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Tic Disorders (Wiley, in
press).
Frederick Aardema studied clinical psychology at the
University of Groningen and the University of Amsterdam in the
Netherlands under the supervision of Prof. P.M.G. Emmelkamp in
affiliation with the Fernand-Seguin Research Center located in
Montreal, Canada. He currently resides in Canada and has published
in international journals in the field of obsessive-compulsive
disorder. In particular, his research interests include
psychometric and experimental methods in the measurement of
reasoning processes in OCD, as well as the application of inference
and narrative based models to obsessions without overt compulsions.
He is a licensed psychologist and has a private practice in
Montreal, Quebec.
Marie-Claude Pélissier studied psychology at
the University of Quebec at Montreal in Canada and did most of her
clinical training in London, England. She has been working for
almost eight years in clinical research on obsessive-compulsive
disorder and other OCD related disorders, which has resulted in
publications in two international journals. As a licensed
psychologist, she recently started her own private practice. She is
also actively involved in local mental health community groups
where she teaches and acts as scientific consultant on OCD.