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Stuff : compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things / by Frost, Randy O.; Steketee, Gail.;
Analyzes the sources of compulsive hoarding behaviors, describing the impact of the disorder on families, case studies of sufferers who have rendered their homes unlivable, and the ineffective treatments they have endured.Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-290).
Subjects: Obsessive-compulsive disorder.; Compulsive hoarding.; Obsessive-compulsive disorder.; Compulsive hoarding.;
© 2011., Mariner Books : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
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Obsessive compulsions : the OCD of everyday life / by Gualtieri, C. Thomas.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.The great detectives -- What, if anything, is OC? -- The problem with types -- The banana-man -- The count -- The habit system, oppressed -- Fussy men and women -- Dirt is good for you -- How to avoid death by poisoning -- Controlling men -- Amygdalomania -- Brain control -- Controlling children -- The art of detection -- An active mind is its own reward -- The OC loop or OC circuit -- Aspergerites -- The theory of autism -- Six degrees of Kevin Bacon -- Indolent men -- Zero point zero -- An active mind can be distracting -- The narcissism epidemic -- OC and the future of the race.Almost everybody has an obsession or feels a compulsion to do something a certain way. Magic numbers, intrusive thoughts, unusual fears and superstitions happen to about four people out of five, but where do these obsessive-compulsive (OC) traits come from? This book explores what they are, why we have them and what we can do about them, through fascinating and highly original insights. Are you a perfectionist, or can you be fussy? Do you like to have control in certain situations? Or are you overly anxious in others? These are all OC traits, and this book looks at their recent increase in human behaviour, and how they are formed in the brain. Showing that these traits are more common in highly educated, intelligent and successful people, it highlights the positive sides of what have previously been seen as negative quirks. Weaving together sections that are anecdotal and humorous, with technical and up-to-date scientific information, this groundbreaking book gives a fascinating introduction into an under-discussed personality type.
Subjects: Obsessive-compulsive disorder.; Compulsive behavior.;
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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder : understanding the overly rigid, controlling person / by Kantor, Martin,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. Description : Selected definitions -- Mental status (excepting thought and behavior) -- Mental status: thought -- Mental status: behavior -- The interpersonal venue: OCPD fallout -- Other psychological venues -- The social venue -- Part II. Causation -- Part III. Treatment : Theoretical considerations -- Handling specific symptoms -- Technical aspects: dealing with resistances -- Dealing with OCPD's realistic difficulties -- Reasons to triumph over being OCPD: Self-help."Explains how OCPD compromises not only the quality of life of its sufferers but also the lives of many of the people that surround each OCPD individual; Examines OCPD from multiple perspectives, documenting the author's eclectic treatment approach that views OCPD from multiple vantage points, including the psychodynamic, the interpersonal, and the cognitive-behavioral; Extends the discussion of OCPD to include OCPD-inspired bureaucracies and how treating these toxic environments can lead to substantially improved socioeconomic functioning worldwide; Serves therapists treating patients with OCPD; patients suffering from OCPD; friends, family, and coworkers of those with OCPD; and general readers interested in mental health issues; Provides a section on self-help methods that can be employed by the OCPD sufferer and those in the path of OCPD fallout"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Obsessive-compulsive disorder.; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Personality.;
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Brain lock : free yourself from obsessive-compulsive behavior : a four-step self-treatment method to change your brain chemistry / by Schwartz, Jeffrey,1951-; Beyette, Beverly,author.;
Preface to the twentieth anniversary edition -- Introduction: Obsessions, compulsions, and the four-step self-treatment method -- The four steps. Relabel -- Reattribute -- Refocus -- Revalue -- Applying the four steps to your life. The four steps and personal freedom -- OCD as a family disorder -- The four steps and other disorders -- The four steps and traditional approaches to behavior therapy -- OCD and medication -- University of Hamburg Obsession-Compulsion inventory screening form -- An OCD patient's diary of four-step self-treatment -- Self-treatment manual for the four-step method.The 20th anniversary edition of the definitive classic on defeating obsessive-compulsive behavior, with all-new material from the author. An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over. Traditionally, OCD has been treated with Prozac or similar drugs. The problem with medication, aside from its cost, is that 30 percent of people treated don't respond to it, and when the pills stop, the symptoms invariably return. In Brain Lock, Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., presents a simple four-step method for overcoming OCD that is so effective, it's now used in academic treatment centers throughout the world. Proven by brain-imaging tests to actually alter the brain's chemistry, this method doesn't rely on psychopharmaceuticals. Instead, patients use cognitive self-therapy and behavior modification to develop new patterns of response to their obsessions. In essence, they use the mind to fix the brain. Using the real-life stories of actual patients, Brain Lock explains this revolutionary method and provides readers with the inspiration and tools to free themselves from their psychic prisons and regain control of their lives.
Subjects: Obsessive-compulsive disorder.; Compulsive behavior.; Compulsive Behavior.; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.;
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Can't just stop : an investigation of compulsions / by Begley, Sharon,1956-;
What is a compulsion? -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or, Is Fred in the refrigerator? -- With treatment, from blood in a snowbank to a career in Hollywood -- In the shadow of OCD: carrying conscientiousness too far -- Video games -- Smartphones and the Web -- Compulsions past -- Compulsive hoarding -- Compulsive acquiring, or I'll take two -- Compelled to do good -- The compulsive brain.Includes bibliographical references and index."Mild compulsions, such as shopping with military precision or hanging the tea towels just so, are something most of us have witnessed, or even engaged in. But compulsions exist along a broad continuum, and at the extremes there exist life-altering disorders. Sharon Begley's meticulously researched book is the first to examine all of these behaviors together--from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to hoarding, to compulsive exercise, even compulsions to do good. They may look profoundly different, but these behaviors are all ways of coping with varying degrees of anxiety. With a focus on the personal stories of dozens of interviewees, Begley compassionately explores the role of compulsion in our fast-paced culture and the strange manifestations of this very human behavior throughout history. Can't Just Stop makes compulsion comprehensible and accessible, exploring how we can realistically grapple with it in ourselves and in those we love."--Jacket.
Subjects: Obsessive-compulsive disorder;
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Talking back to OCD : the program that helps kids and teens say "no way"-- and parents say "way to go" / by March, John S.,MD.; Benton, Christine M.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-264) and index.Introduction -- Up close but not so personal : a new look at OCD for parents (and kids) -- What is OCD? -- What does OCD look like? -- What causes OCD? -- How is OCD treated? -- Eight steps for getting rid of obsessions and compulsions -- Step 1: what kind of treatment is this, anyway? -- Step 1: instructions for parents -- Step 2: talking back to OCD -- Step 2: instructions for parents -- Step 3: making a map -- Step 3: instructions for parents -- Step 4: finishing my toolkit -- Step 4: instructions for parents -- Step 5: beginning to resist -- Step 5: instructions for parents -- Step 6: I'm in charge now -- Step 6: instructions for parents -- Step 7: eliminating OCD everywhere -- Step 7: instructions for parents -- Step 8: keeping OCD away for good -- Step 8: instructions for parents.
Subjects: Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children; Obsessive-compulsive disorder in adolescence;
© c2007., Guilford Press,
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Devil in the details : scenes from an obsessive girlhood / by Traig, Jennifer.;
Subjects: Traig, Jennifer.; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children;
© 2006., Back Bay; Time Warner [distributor],
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Against medical advice : a true story / by Patterson, James,1947-; Friedman, Hal.;
Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that it kept getting worse. This is the true story of Cory and his family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a maddening medical establishment.
Subjects: Tourette syndrome; Obsessive-compulsive disorder;
© 2008., Little, Brown,
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Obsession : a history / by Davis, Lennard J.,1949-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-276) and index.Origins of obsession -- The emergence of obsession -- Specialization as monomania -- Never done: compulsive writing, graphomania, bibliomania -- Freud and obsession as the gateway to psychoanalysis -- Obsessive sex and love -- Obsession and visual art -- OCD: now and forever -- Conclusion: So what? So what? So what? So what? and other obsessive thoughts.From the Publisher: We live in an age of obsession. Not only are we hopelessly devoted to our work, strangely addicted to our favorite television shows, and desperately impassioned about our cars, we admire obsession in others: we demand that lovers be infatuated with one another in films, we respond to the passion of single-minded musicians, we cheer on driven athletes. To be obsessive is to be American; to be obsessive is to be modern. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category-both a pathology and a goal. Behind this paradox lies a fascinating history, which Lennard Davis tells in Obsession. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, Davis traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. From obsessive aspects of professional specialization to obsessive sex and nymphomania, no variety of obsession eludes Davis's graceful analysis. Obsession also considers the clinical definition of the condition: Davis investigates the huge increase (estimates suggest up to 600-fold) in diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder over the past thirty years. Surveying the many ways in which doctors today treat OCD, he points out the limitations of and contradictions within the biological definitions of the disease. Impassioned, witty, and learned, Obsession is for anyone-from compulsive hand washers to professional psychologists-who has been fascinated by, struggled with, or cultivated obsession.
Subjects: Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Compulsive behavior; Obsessive Behavior; Compulsive Behavior; History, Modern 1601-.; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder;
© 2008., University of Chicago Press,
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Overcoming obsessive thoughts : how to gain control of your OCD / by Purdon, Christine.; Clark, David A.,1954-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-160)
Subjects: Cognitive therapy.; Obsessive-compulsive disorder.; TheÌrapie cognitive.; NeÌvroses obsessionnelles.;
© c2005., New Harbinger Publications,
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