- Mass Market Paperback: 209 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group (1 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440234638
- ISBN-13: 978-0440234630
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 0.7 x 17.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,356,642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Bad thoughts that won't go away...repetitive actions...feelings of guilt and shame...
Are you overwhelmed by a need to "get it right"? Do continual "what-ifs" prevent you from making decisions? Do you check again and again to see if the door is locked? Are your thoughts and habits causing you anxiety, guilt, or shame?
If so, you're not alone. You may be suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, a very specific and largely biochemical problem that affects over 5 million Americans. Now this compassionate, informative guide helps you break the tyranny of obsession and compulsions, providing the latest facts on why OCD occurs, its symptoms, and the breakthrough treatments that can dramatically improve the lives of OCD sufferers. Find out about:
How to determine if you have OCD--and whether your problem is severe enough to warrant professional help
How diet, stress, and other lifestyle conditions can trigger the symptoms of OCD
The two most highly effective forms of treatment--and how to decide what's best for you
The latest news in alternative therapies, including yoga, biofeedback, and herbal therapy, plus cutting-edge research that promises freedom from the chains of OCD forever
Are you overwhelmed by a need to "get it right"? Do continual "what-ifs" prevent you from making decisions? Do you check again and again to see if the door is locked? Are your thoughts and habits causing you anxiety, guilt, or shame?
If so, you're not alone. You may be suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, a very specific and largely biochemical problem that affects over 5 million Americans. Now this compassionate, informative guide helps you break the tyranny of obsession and compulsions, providing the latest facts on why OCD occurs, its symptoms, and the breakthrough treatments that can dramatically improve the lives of OCD sufferers. Find out about:
How to determine if you have OCD--and whether your problem is severe enough to warrant professional help
How diet, stress, and other lifestyle conditions can trigger the symptoms of OCD
The two most highly effective forms of treatment--and how to decide what's best for you
The latest news in alternative therapies, including yoga, biofeedback, and herbal therapy, plus cutting-edge research that promises freedom from the chains of OCD forever
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is one of the most common but frequently underdiagnosed mental health problems of our time. Read the first page
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is good if you are looking for a basic, first introduction to OCD. It is well written in a question and answer format that makes subject searching really easy. It also puts forward the very current understanding of OCD and helps you understand the precise nature of this awful illness. If, however, you are looking for a book which is very in-depth or that offers plenty of advice on self-help, you may not find it in this book. BUT, I found this a great book to give to family to help them understand my OCD - something all sufferers should do to gain the proper support for their illness. A very reasonable priced book given the valuable information it offers.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Easy to read and understand, question/answer structure
25 July 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I've just been officially 'diagnosed' with OCD, and found this book to be very helpful to someone 'new' to finding info about OCD. This is the first OCD book I've read, and plan on reading others in the same category soon. The book's structure is a question/answer format. Chapters discuss symptoms, related disorders, diagnosis, causes, medications, various therapies, and other ways to help yourself and how others can help you. It's very easy to read and very detailed... no long case stories (just a few short examples), but rather straightforward information about OCD. Some of the information is repetitive towards the end, but that's not necessarily a bad thing because it fits well into the content.
Probably Best for Someone Who Is a "Light" Sufferer
8 May 2011
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This book is very easy to read, set up in a question/answer format (which may also become a bit tiresome 100 pages in, but overall, it works). However, the book is intended for someone who probably has very little, if any, exposure to OCD ever. There is little new insight to how deep & all-consuming this disorder can be. And although I am thankful not to have have been ambushed by case studies, there isn't one to back up ANY of the given information. Additionally, there is a great deal of talk about the use of anti-depressants to potentially kill two birds with one stone (helping the depression that often goes hand-in-hand with OCD), it completely glosses over any other disorders (which can be many) that may accompany OCD and whose prescriptions would wholly CONFLICT with anti-depressants.
If you're curious about some of the insights to OCD or if you're wondering how to handle a few of your own mild OCD symptoms, this book provides a series of questions followed by answers, but it doesn't particularly get to the heart of things. It doesn't explain too much of why & it really doesn't explain too much of what to do about it (other than to go down either the medication (anti-depressant) or the meditation routes).
However, if you have a "lighter" (if there is such thing) version of OCD that doesn't consume your or your family's day-to-day lives, but just need tending before it gets out of hand, this book might be the book for you. It's not too scientific, not consumed by case studies, not too long, but not too helpful if you're REALLY gripped by OCD.
If you're curious about some of the insights to OCD or if you're wondering how to handle a few of your own mild OCD symptoms, this book provides a series of questions followed by answers, but it doesn't particularly get to the heart of things. It doesn't explain too much of why & it really doesn't explain too much of what to do about it (other than to go down either the medication (anti-depressant) or the meditation routes).
However, if you have a "lighter" (if there is such thing) version of OCD that doesn't consume your or your family's day-to-day lives, but just need tending before it gets out of hand, this book might be the book for you. It's not too scientific, not consumed by case studies, not too long, but not too helpful if you're REALLY gripped by OCD.
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