Stanley Jack Rachman (January 19, 1934 – September 2, 2021) was a South African-born psychologist who worked primarily with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and other anxiety disorders.
He was the co-founder (with Hans Eysenck) and Editor in Chief of the journal Behaviour Research and Therapy until his retirement.
He has published books and hundreds of articles on obsessive-compulsive disorder and other anxiety disorders, recently proposing new cognitive models and treatments for obsessions and compulsive checking, as well as proposing a revised conceptualization of the fear of contamination.
Rachman was Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London.
[3] He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Professional Practice Board of the British Psychological Society in 2009.