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The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Mass market paperbound - 1991
by Judith L. Rapoport
Up to six million Americans are afflicted with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a serious, emotionally crippling disease. Cleaning, counting, washing, checking, avoiding--these are just some of the rituals that sufferers are powerless to stop. Now an expert on OCD reveals breakthroughs in diagnosis, successful new behaviorist therapies, drug treatments, and more.
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All of these people are suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), an emotionally crippling sickness that afflicts up to six million Americans. Cleaning, counting, washing, avoiding, checkingthese are some of the pointless rituals that sufferers are powerless to stop. Now a distinguished psychiatrist and expert on OCD reveals exciting breakthroughs in diagnosis, succesful new behaviorist therapies and drug treatments, as well as lists of resources and references. Drawing on the extraordinary experiences of her patients, Dr. Judith Rapoport unravels the mysteries surrounding this irrational disorder . . . and provides prescriptions for action that promise hope and help.
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- Title The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Author Judith L. Rapoport
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Berkley Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1991-12-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780451172020 / 0451172027
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 in (17.27 x 10.67 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Dewey Decimal Code 616.852
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