The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (884 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0452263654 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 262 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Up to six million Americans suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Rapoport recounts the extraordinary experiences of dozens of her patients and discusses new and existing treatments. Also included are guidelines for diagnosis as well as resources and references. Petty thoughts and pointless rituals that sufferers are powerless to stop, repeating them over and over until they feel as though they've "gotten it right." In this landmark study, eminent psychiatrist Judith L. This important book is for everyone who is fascinated with the workings of the human mind.
. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disease that afflicts approximately four million Americans with a need to perform complex, pointless rituals, or to be completely preoccupied with petty thoughts. "Casebook, shocking report and support tool all in one, this excellent volume is highly readable and free of jargon," reported PW
first documentary but outdated now this book was published in the 80's. unlike what is mentioned in the book, clomiprmine is available now in the USA and it barely mentiones the wonder drug called luvox or fluvoxamine maleate. the book documents other sufferes of OCD. though it offers little in what to do to recover. but its a good read.. A good overview, and very readable This is a very good overview of the subject of OCD: readable, engaging, and enlightening. The author wisely decided to let her patients speak for themselves about OCD and how it has affected their lives: OCD behavior can appear freakish or ludicrous to an outsider, but it can be debilitating and intensely painful to those who suffer from the disorder, and this book does a great job of conveying that. While some information (e.g., the appendix on drug treatments) is out of date, OCD behavior, and the emotions that accompany it, are -- as the author . "A good description of the problem and some solutions" according to A Customer. This book contains well-written descriptions of obsessive-compulsive disorder -- it's informative, clear, and a pleasure to read. And for those of us who either suffer from these disorders or are close to someone who does, it's an eye-opener: you are NOT the only person who's ever had to deal with this problem, and there IS hope for curing it! For all these reasons, I highly recommend the book.Two cautions, however:(1) The book gave a good description of the ways of treating OCD as of the date it was written. Since then, however, there have been ma
Rapoport is Chief of the child Psychiatry Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health. She lives with her family in Washington D.C. Judith L. Public Health Service and the Ittleson Prize in Child Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Mediacl School, she has been the recipient of the Outstanding Service Award from the U.S. . Dr