The man who couldn't stop : OCD and the true story of a life lost in thought / David Adam.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015Copyright date: Edition: First American editionDescription: 324 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374223953
  • 0374223955
  • 9780374710514
  • 0374710511
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.85/227 23
LOC classification:
  • RC533 .A273 2015
NLM classification:
  • 2015 D-425
  • WM 176
Contents:
Our siege mentality -- Bad thoughts -- The mademoiselle and the rat man -- An emerging obsession -- The OCD family -- Cruel to be kind -- The God obsession -- Animals and other relatives -- Man hands on misery to man -- The runaway brain -- Daddy's little helper -- The helicopter view -- Long live lobotomy -- Politics and prejudice -- A new dimension -- Final thoughts.
Summary: "Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. In this ... fusion of science, history, and memoir, [science editor and writer] David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind and explains how they drive millions of us toward obsession and compulsion."--Jacket.
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"Originally published in 2014 by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, Great Britain"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319).

Our siege mentality -- Bad thoughts -- The mademoiselle and the rat man -- An emerging obsession -- The OCD family -- Cruel to be kind -- The God obsession -- Animals and other relatives -- Man hands on misery to man -- The runaway brain -- Daddy's little helper -- The helicopter view -- Long live lobotomy -- Politics and prejudice -- A new dimension -- Final thoughts.

"Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. In this ... fusion of science, history, and memoir, [science editor and writer] David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind and explains how they drive millions of us toward obsession and compulsion."--Jacket.

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