Over and over Again: Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Softcover

Neziroglu, Fugen; Yaryura-Tobias, Jose A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0028740130 ISBN 13: 9780028740133

Publisher: The Free Press, 1995

Synopsis

A prescription for recovery from obsessive-compulsive disorder, this new paperback combines the latest in scientific knowledge with case histories and practical suggestions for self-help, offering new hope to those touched by this insidious and widespread malady. The authors have distilled their years of research, experimentation, and practice into a readable how-to manual.

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Review

"As I read it, thirty–five years of my secrets jumped off the page. Many books discuss the disorder, but I found this to be the easiest to read, the most informative for not only myself but my family as well, and a great comfort . . .sort of my OCD bible." (Marc Summers, television host, "Nickelodeon")

?Over and Over Again is the work of sensitive clinicians who have seen hundreds of patients with OCD. Their experience with this chronic, disabling, and mysterious disorder is apparent on every page. The book will fascinate readers with the intricacies of obsessive–compulsive symptoms that the patients share, and it will bring relief to thousands of sufferers from this disorder.? (Judith L. Rapoport, M.D., chief of child psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health)

"A dynamic and informative book that will be of interest to OCD sufferers as well as to family members." (Michael A. Jenike, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School)

"A prescription for recovery from OCD. Every person with the disorder and every treater should read this book." (Pat Perkins, president, OCD Foundation)

About the Author

FUGEN NEZIROGLU is clinical director of the Institute for Bio–Behavioral Therapy and Research (IBBTR) in Great Neck, New York. She is also on the scientific advisory board of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation. JOSE A. YARYURA–TOBIAS is medical director of IBBTR and a biological psychiatrist and internist who pioneered research in the biological theory of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Free Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0028740130
• ISBN 13: 9780028740133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228