Bibliograph

The essential guide to OCD, help for families and friends, Helen Poskitt

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The essential guide to OCD, help for families and friends, Helen Poskitt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The essential guide to OCD

Responsibility statement

Helen Poskitt

Sub title

help for families and friends

Summary

Are you living or working with someone who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? Perhaps it's your partner, or child; a parent, close friend of work colleague? Diagnosed as often as diabetes, the condition can lead both sufferers and those around them to feel isolated. But you are not alone

Table Of Contents

What is OCD? -- How common is OCD? -- What triggers OCD? -- OCD obsessions -- Compulsions and rituals -- Hoarding -- Types of treatment for OCD -- Advice for parents of children and teenagers/students with OCD -- Independent adults with OCD: advice to parents, friends and partners -- Advice for young carers -- Employment and the workplace -- OCD and the brain -- Genetics -- Parents and their children -- Counselling and psychotherapy -- Useful websites and organizations

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Essential guide to obsessive-compulsive disorderOCD

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