Getting control : overcoming your obsessions and compulsions /
Lee Baer ; with a foreword by Judith L. Rapoport.
- 3rd ed.
- New York : Plume, 2012.
- xvi, 268 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.
What Is OCD? 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? -- Treatment of OCD Behavior Therapy for OCD -- Medication Treatment for OCD -- Other Treatments for OCD -- Principles of Behavior Therapy -- Test Yourself 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 -- Setting Your Goals Basic Principles of Setting Long-term Goals -- Basic Principles of Setting Practice Goals -- HOW to Use Behavior Therapy to Get Control of Your Symptoms Techniques to Assist Exposure and Response Prevention -- Tailoring Behavior Therapy to Your OCD Symptoms -- Staying in Control Long-term Results of Behavior Therapy -- Getting the Odds in Your Favor -- Getting Control of Problems Related to OCD Trichotillomania -- Skin Picking -- Tourette Syndrome -- Excessive Bodily Worries -- Hoarding Disorder -- Medications for OCD 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 -- Your Questions Answered For Family, Friends, and Helpers 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. Chapter 1 1 -- Chapter 2 31 -- Chapter 3 57 -- Chapter 4 75 -- Chapter 5 102 -- Chapter 6 130 -- Chapter 7 145 -- Chapter 8 178 -- Chapter 9 194 -- Chapter 10 207 --
Provides information and treatment based on behavioral therapy techniques for sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder.