The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
9780002154970 (ISBN)
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In this examination of obsessive-compulsive behaviour case-histories are described, often in the words of the afflicted, and the effectiveness of various treatments is discussed. This pathological state is now regarded as much more common than was thought earlier, with possibly a million cases in Britain. The boy who couldn't stop washing is only one case described. There is also the man who is convinced, every time he drives his car, that he has run someone over and turns back again and again to check the roadside for a body; the woman who, in an effort to ensure her eyebrows are symmetrical, finally plucks out every hair; a man who cannot enter his front door without completing an elaborate ritual; another who checks his stove hundreds of times a day to make sure he really turned off the gas.
Part 1 The patients speak - parents: the car accident that never was; rituals and contaminations - Zach and his family. Part 2 The patients speak - children: Paul - stuck in the doorway; Arnie - the paper route; Morris - Mr Clean. Part 3 A doctor's perspective: the boy who couldn't stop washing; the doubting disease; is OCD a brain disease?; unlearning to understand; clomipramine - a wonder drug?; David's drug odyssey; how sweet it is!; the hidden; no joke; the music goes round and round; my mind on my mind; over and over again; the secret life of a street person; count me out; love story; aids - the new obsession; the hair-pulling women; innocent sinners; a thousand commitments to God. Part 4 On the boundaries: the obsessionality of everyday life; knock wood; grooming and nesting; I can't get you out of my mind; free will and the uncertainty of knowing. Part 5 Do you have obsessive-compulsive disorder?: making the diagnosis; what to do if you have obsessive-compulsive disorder. Appendix: the religious perspective.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.3.1990 |
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| Zusatzinfo | further reading list, index |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 145 x 222 mm |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780002154970 / 9780002154970 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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