Recommended Reading: Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and
Compulsions
By Lee Baer, PhD
From the Publisher
An internationally known expert and Harvard
Medical School professor offers an up-to-date guide for treating
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Six million Americans suffer from
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and they know firsthand the
often devastating effects it has on their lives.
Some symptoms, such as the nagging feeling you
have left the stovetop burner on, can be mildly distracting. Yet
others, like compulsive hand washing, the inability to throw
anything out, or nerve-racking feelings of guilt, can be completely
paralyzing and make it nearly impossible for sufferers to lead
healthy lives.
Dr. Baer gives readers the tools to assess their
own symptoms, set goals, and create therapeutic programs for
themselves. He also helps readers differentiate between OCD and
other psychological illnesses such as depression.
From the latest treatments to important facts on
the medications currently available and how they work, Getting
Control is thorough, concise, and positive
— a lifesaver for anyone whose well-being is affected by OCD.
Lee Baer, Ph.D., is an internationally known
expert in the treatment of OCD and related disorders. He is an
associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and the
director of research at the OCD unit at Massachusetts General
Hospital as well as the OCD Institute at McLean Hospital. Dr. Baer
is the coeditor of the leading textbook on OCD, now in its third
edition.
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