The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts - Hardcover

Baer, Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525945628 ISBN 13: 9780525945628

Publisher: E P Dutton, 2001

Synopsis

An expert in obsessive compulsive disorder, the author of Getting Control, explores this common but little understood ailment, using groundbreaking research and proven treatment techniques. 20,000 first printing.

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Review:

"One of the most creative and lucid thinkers in the area of OCD... A marvelous book for the millions who suffer from painful thoughts."--Michael A. Jenike, M.D., professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

"Baer provides a compassionate and understanding voice for millions of people."--Chicago Tribune

Praise for Getting Control

"One of the world's leading experts on obsessive-compulsive disorder and on methods of self-help. This excellent third edition includes recent advances in the assessment and treatment of this disorder. Sufferers, relatives, and friends can benefit greatly from reading this book."--Isaac Marks, M.D., FRCPsych, author of Living with Fear

"Very few clinicians are as experienced as Dr. Baer in the treatment of OCD."--Sabine Wilhelm, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; director, OCD and Related Disorder Program, Massachusetts General Hospital

About the Author:

Lee Baer, Ph.D, is an internationally recognized expert in the treatment of OCD and related disorders. The author of Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions, Dr. Baer is an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and the director of research of the OCD unit at Massachusetts General Hospital as well as the OCD Institute at McLean Hospital.

About this edition

• Publisher: E P Dutton
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0525945628
• ISBN 13: 9780525945628
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 154