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Dr. Robert Selles heldur fyrirlestur í boði Sálfræðideildar Háskóla Íslands í stofu 101 í Odda þriðjudaginn 6. júní klukkan 15-16. Fyrirlesturinn er opinn öllum meðan húsrúm leyfir.
Áráttu- og þráhyggjuröskun er alvarleg geðröskun sem hefur yfirleitt mikil áhrif á líf þeirra sem þjást af henni. Hugræn atferlismeðferð (HAM) sem felur í sér berskjöldun og svarhömlun er það inngrip sem hefur sýnt mestan árangur við þessari röskun. Þó ber að nefna að margir skjólstæðingar ná ekki árangri með HAM. Það er því mikilvægt að greina hvaða þættir standa í vegi fyrir því að skjólstæðingum batni og hvernig megi laga meðferðina betur að hverjum einstaklingi. Dr. Selles mun í þessu erindi fjalla um áráttu- og þráhyggjuröskun og meðferð við henni. Hann mun leggja sérstaka áherslu á þá þætti sem stuðla að árangri HAM. Hann mun meðal annars segja frá eigin rannsóknum á HAM við áráttu- og þráhyggjuröskun hjá börnum, og hvernig innsæi og hversu vel foreldrar geta þolað vanlíðan barna sinna spáir fyrir um meðferðarsvörun.
Titill (á ensku)
Treating obsessive compulsive disorder: Synthesizing theory, research, and practice to enhance clinical care.
Ágrip (á ensku)
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating psychiatric condition. While evidence strongly supports cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with exposure and response prevention (ERP) as an efficacious intervention for OCD, some patients do not benefit from CBT and many patients do not respond optimally. In light of this, it is of value to identify and incorporate theoretical, clinical and empirical information in order to better individualize treatment and improve the likelihood of patient response. In his talk, Dr. Selles will first provide a brief overview of OCD including its etiology, phenomenology, and treatment. Next, four mechanisms theorized to explain change associated with ERP will be outlined and the clinical implications of each mechanism will be discussed. Dr. Selles will then present his own recent work regarding two factors that relate to the phenomenology and treatment outcomes of pediatric OCD. Specifically, Dr. Selles will discuss the role of insight, sharing data from a mega-analysis of 852 youth with OCD, following which Dr. Selles will present data from two complementary studies examining the role of parent tolerance of child distress. The implications of these research findings, in regard to the optimal management of youth in clinical practice, will also be discussed.
Um Dr. Robert Selles (á ensku)
Dr. Robert Selles is the recipient of the Scholars of Excellence Fellowship from the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute in Vancouver, Canada where he is supported in developing a clinical research program under the mentorship of Dr. S. Evelyn Stewart. Prior to this position, Dr. Selles trained in internationally recognized obsessive compulsive, anxiety, and tic disorder treatment programs while earning his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of South Florida and completing his clinical residency at Brown University. Dr. Selles has authored over 20 peer reviewed articles and recently was selected for the Anxiety and Depression Association of America’s career development leadership program. In his current position, Dr. Selles is affiliated with the Provincial Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Program (POP) at BC Children’s Hospital where he is involved in clinical service delivery, program development, and clinical research. The focus of Dr. Selles’ research is on the individualization, optimization, and dissemination of evidence based treatment for youth with obsessive compulsive disorder and other related conditions. Dr. Selles also sees a small number of patients with these conditions in private practice.