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Paul M. Salkovskis is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes in psychology, with a predominant focus on clinical psychology. Their research spans various subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, and social psychology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. Additional research areas include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, eating disorders and behaviors, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, mental health research topics, and autism spectrum disorder research.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul M. Salkovskis are:

  • "Cognitive analysis of specific threat beliefs and safety-seeking behaviours in generalised anxiety disorder: revisiting the cognitive theory of anxiety disorders" (2021, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy)
  • "How effective psychological treatments work: mechanisms of change in cognitive behavioural therapy and beyond" (2023, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy)
  • "The Effectiveness and Feasibility of Psychological Interventions for Populations Under Ongoing Threat: A Systematic Review" (2023, Trauma Violence & Abuse)
  • "'I was treated like dirt': evaluating links between betrayal and mental contamination in clinical samples" (2020, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy)
  • "Fear of illness recurrence and mental health anxiety in people recovering from psychosis and common mental health problems" (2020, British Journal of Clinical Psychology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paul M. Salkovskis include:

  • Jón Friðrik Sigurðsson
  • Victoria Bream
  • Tiago C. Zortea
  • Sigrún Ólafsdóttir Flóvenz
  • Sam French

The primary publication venues for the scientist's work are:

  • Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • British Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
  • Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Paul M. Salkovskis is also an author of a book published by Cambridge University Press titled Cambridge Guide to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), scheduled for release in 2025.

Best Publications

  • The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory: development and validation of a short version.

    Edna B. Foa;Jonathan D. Huppert;Susanne Leiberg;Robert Langner

  • Obsessional-compulsive problems: a cognitive-behavioural analysis.

    Paul M. Salkovskis

  • The Health Anxiety Inventory: development and validation of scales for the measurement of health anxiety and hypochondriasis.

    P M Salkovskis;Katharine Rimes;H M C Warwick;D M Clark

  • Cognitive assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Randy Frost;Gail Steketee;Nader Amir;Martine Bouvard

  • The Importance of Behaviour in the Maintenance of Anxiety and Panic: A Cognitive Account

    Paul M. Salkovskis

  • Understanding and treating obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Paul M. Salkovskis

  • The Validation of a New Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Scale: The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory

    Edna B. Foa;Michael J. Kozak;Paul M. Salkovskis;Meredith E. Coles

  • A comparison of cognitive therapy, applied relaxation and imipramine in the treatment of panic disorder.

    David M. Clark;Paul M. Salkovskis;Ann Hackmann;Hugh Middleton

  • Cognitive behaviour therapy for psychiatric problems : a practical guide

    Keith Hawton;Paul M. Salkovskis;Joan Kirk;David M. Clark

  • Cognitive-behavioural factors and the persistence of intrusive thoughts in obsessional problems

    Paul M. Salkovskis

  • Social Phobia: The Role of In-Situation Safety Behaviors in Maintaining Anxiety and Negative Beliefs

    Adrian Wells;David M. Clark;Paul Salkovskis;John Ludgate

  • Psychometric validation of the obsessive belief questionnaire and interpretation of intrusions inventory - Part 2: Factor analyses and testing of a brief version

    Gail Steketee;Randy Frost;Sunil Bhar;Martine Bouvard

  • Abnormal and normal obsessions: A replication.

    Paul M. Salkovskis;Jimm Harrison

  • Development and initial validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire and the Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory.

    M Freeston;G Steketee;R Frost;N Amir

  • Mind the gap: Improving the dissemination of CBT

    R. Shafran;D.M. Clark;C.G. Fairburn;A. Arntz

  • Psychometric validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire and the Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory: Part I

    Gail Steketee;Randy Frost;Sunil Bhar;Martine Bouvard

  • Responsibility attitudes and interpretations are characteristic of obsessive compulsive disorder.

    Paul M. Salkovskis;A. L. Wroe;A. Gledhill;N. Morrison

  • Frontiers of Cognitive Therapy

    Paul M. Salkovskis

  • Morbid preoccupations, health anxiety and reassurance: a cognitive-behavioural approach to hypochondriasis

    Paul M. Salkovskis;Hilary M.C. Warwick

  • Invited essay∗Hypochondriasis☆

    Hilary M.C. Warwick;Paul M. Salkovskis

  • The Obsessive-Complusive Inventory: Development and validation of a short version

    Edna B. Foa;Jonathan D. Huppert;Susanne Leiberg;Robert Langner

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Clark
David M. Clark University of Oxford
Katharine A. Rimes
Katharine A. Rimes King's College London
Naomi A. Fineberg
Naomi A. Fineberg University of Hertfordshire
Mark H. Freeston
Mark H. Freeston Newcastle University
Peter Tyrer
Peter Tyrer Imperial College London
Warren Mansell
Warren Mansell University of Manchester
Adrian Wells
Adrian Wells University of Manchester
Anke Ehlers
Anke Ehlers University of Oxford
Roz Shafran
Roz Shafran University College London
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania

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