Shafran, R;
Coughtrey, A;
Kothari, R;
(2016)
New Frontiers in the Treatment of Perfectionism.
International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
, 9
(2)
pp. 156-170.
10.1521/ijct.2016.9.2.156.
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Abstract
Perfectionism can present as a clinical problem in its own right or it can interfere with the successful treatment of Axis I disorders. In the past 15 years, a cognitive behavioral analysis of “clinical perfectionism” has been proposed. This approach and the measurement of the construct of clinical perfectionism have proved controversial. Nevertheless, the approach has experimental support and clinical utility; the derived treatment has been shown to lead to significant improvement on both measures of perfectionism and Axis I disorders. The cognitive behavioral intervention for perfectionism has been evaluated in a range of formats (group, individual, face-to-face, and online) and all show promise. Further work is required to address clinically important questions such as when to treat clinical perfectionism if it occurs in the context of single and multiple Axis I disorders.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | New Frontiers in the Treatment of Perfectionism |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1521/ijct.2016.9.2.156 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1521/ijct.2016.9.2.156 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy. © Guildford Press. Reprinted with permission of The Guilford Press. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Psychology, Clinical, Psychiatry, Psychology, CBT, perfectionism, review, treatment, COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL, SELF-CRITICAL PERFECTIONISM, CLINICAL PERFECTIONISM, ANOREXIA-NERVOSA, EATING-DISORDER, ORIENTED PERFECTIONISM, NONCLINICAL POPULATION, PERSONAL STANDARDS, RISK-FACTORS |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1501321 |
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