Touch and go Joe an adolescent's experience of OCD

As many as 2 in every 100 people suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and 16-year-old Joe Wells is one of them. Here, he tells the story of his battle with OCD from its insidious beginnings at age 9 and increasingly intrusive symptoms, to diagnosis at age 12. This book is packed with adv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wells, Joe (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2006.
Edición:First edition
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798139606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Touch and Go Joe:An Adolescent's Experience of OCD; Contents; Foreword by Isobel Heyman; Acknowledgements; What's This Book About?; Chapter 1. Worrying; Chapter 2. Poisoning of the Mind; Chapter 3.Only Human; Chapter 4.Guilty Mind; Chapter 5.Am I Going Mad?; Chapter 6.Learning to Count; Chapter 7.Keeping My Secret; Chapter 8.Learning to Walk the Walk; Chapter 9.OCD Abroad; Chapter 10.Getting Help; Chapter 11.Convincing Myself of OCD's Irrationality; Chapter 12.Challenging; Chapter 13.Depression and OCD; Chapter 14. Citalopram; Chapter 15.The Awful Truth; Chapter 16.Getting On with It
  • Epilogue.The 30-20 Diary Appendix 1.Definition of OCD and CBT; Appendix 2. OCD Tips and Advice; Further Information; Index