Obsessional Thoughts and Behaviour

Frederick M. Toates (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

1990
Thorsons (Verlag)
9780722521953 (ISBN)

Infos

Many people suffer from obsessions such as compulsive checking and hand-washing, a form of mental illness. This book aims to help sufferers to overcome these obsessions. The author is an experimental psychologist and a former sufferer from obsessional thoughts himself.

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An estimated one million people in Britain, and four million in the USA suffer so much from obsessional thoughts and behaviour that normal life is impossible. Intrusive, repetitive thoughts, and behaviour rituals such as compulsive checking and hand-washing, are an increasingly common form of mental illness. This book, the first to be aimed at the general reader, helps sufferers to overcome these obsessions. The author, Dr Frederick Toates, is an experimental psychologist at the Open University and a former sufferer from obsessional thoughts himself.

Inhalt

Part 1 Autobiographical sketch: home in Histon; leaving school; student life; Denmark - almost heaven; signs of trouble ahead; decline; getting back to normal; misplaced complacency; never get complacent. Part 2 What is obsessional disorder and what can be done about it?: the nature of the problem; overlap and confusion with other conditions; who are the victims of the disorder?; professional help; self-help - what to do and what not to do; trying to solve the puzzle; some famous thoughts; concluding remarks.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.4.1990
• Zusatzinfo: index, further reading list
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 136 x 218 mm
• Gewicht: 210 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• ISBN-13: 9780722521953 / 9780722521953
• Zustand: Neuware