Getting control : overcoming your obsessions and compulsions / Lee Baer ; with a foreword by Judith L. Rapoport.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Plume, 2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 268 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780452297852
  • 0452297850
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.85/227 23
LOC classification:
  • RC533 .B24 2012
NLM classification:
  • WM 176
Contents:
Chapter 1 What Is OCD? 1 -- What Is OCD? -- How Common Is OCD? -- What Causes OCD? -- What Are the Subtypes of OCD? -- What Problems Are Confused with OCD? -- What Disorders May Be Related to OCD? -- Chapter 2 Treatment of OCD 31 -- Behavior Therapy for OCD -- Medication Treatment for OCD -- Other Treatments for OCD -- Principles of Behavior Therapy -- Chapter 3 Test Yourself 57 -- Assessing the Type of Your OCD Symptoms -- Measuring the Severity of Your OCD -- Assessing the Strength of Your Belief in Your Obsessions or Compulsions -- Assessing Avoidance Due to OCD -- Assessing Depression -- Interpreting the Results -- Chapter 4 Setting Your Goals 75 -- Basic Principles of Setting Long-term Goals -- Basic Principles of Setting Practice Goals -- Chapter 5 HOW to Use Behavior Therapy to Get Control of Your Symptoms 102 -- Techniques to Assist Exposure and Response Prevention -- Tailoring Behavior Therapy to Your OCD Symptoms -- Chapter 6 Staying in Control 130 -- Long-term Results of Behavior Therapy -- Getting the Odds in Your Favor -- Chapter 7 Getting Control of Problems Related to OCD 145 -- Trichotillomania -- Skin Picking -- Tourette Syndrome -- Excessive Bodily Worries -- Hoarding Disorder -- Chapter 8 Medications for OCD 178 -- SRI Medications -- Clomipramine -- Fluoxetine -- Fluvoxamine -- Sertraline -- Paroxetine -- Citalopram -- Escitalopram -- MAOIs -- What Other Medications Can Help OCD? -- Common Questions About Medications for OCD -- Combining Medication with Behavior Therapy -- Chapter 9 Your Questions Answered 194 -- Chapter 10 For Family, Friends, and Helpers 207 -- Dealing with Family Members or Friends Who Have OCD -- Dealing with Family Members or Friends Who Won't Get Help for Their OCD -- If You Are Asked to Be a Helper.
Summary: Provides information and treatment based on behavioral therapy techniques for sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.

Provides information and treatment based on behavioral therapy techniques for sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Chapter 1 What Is OCD? 1 -- What Is OCD? -- How Common Is OCD? -- What Causes OCD? -- What Are the Subtypes of OCD? -- What Problems Are Confused with OCD? -- What Disorders May Be Related to OCD? -- Chapter 2 Treatment of OCD 31 -- Behavior Therapy for OCD -- Medication Treatment for OCD -- Other Treatments for OCD -- Principles of Behavior Therapy -- Chapter 3 Test Yourself 57 -- Assessing the Type of Your OCD Symptoms -- Measuring the Severity of Your OCD -- Assessing the Strength of Your Belief in Your Obsessions or Compulsions -- Assessing Avoidance Due to OCD -- Assessing Depression -- Interpreting the Results -- Chapter 4 Setting Your Goals 75 -- Basic Principles of Setting Long-term Goals -- Basic Principles of Setting Practice Goals -- Chapter 5 HOW to Use Behavior Therapy to Get Control of Your Symptoms 102 -- Techniques to Assist Exposure and Response Prevention -- Tailoring Behavior Therapy to Your OCD Symptoms -- Chapter 6 Staying in Control 130 -- Long-term Results of Behavior Therapy -- Getting the Odds in Your Favor -- Chapter 7 Getting Control of Problems Related to OCD 145 -- Trichotillomania -- Skin Picking -- Tourette Syndrome -- Excessive Bodily Worries -- Hoarding Disorder -- Chapter 8 Medications for OCD 178 -- SRI Medications -- Clomipramine -- Fluoxetine -- Fluvoxamine -- Sertraline -- Paroxetine -- Citalopram -- Escitalopram -- MAOIs -- What Other Medications Can Help OCD? -- Common Questions About Medications for OCD -- Combining Medication with Behavior Therapy -- Chapter 9 Your Questions Answered 194 -- Chapter 10 For Family, Friends, and Helpers 207 -- Dealing with Family Members or Friends Who Have OCD -- Dealing with Family Members or Friends Who Won't Get Help for Their OCD -- If You Are Asked to Be a Helper.

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