Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions

Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions

<b>Thoroughly revised and updated—the go-to book for OCD sufferers who want to master their fears and take charge of their lives</b><br /><br />The first comprehensive guide to treating obsessive compulsive disorder based on clinically proven behavioral therapy techniques, Dr. Lee Baer’s <i>Getting Control</i> has been providing OCD sufferers with information and relief for more than twenty years. In the same easy-to-understand format as the original, this updated edition includes: <br /><br />• Cutting-edge behavioral therapy techniques <br />• Breakthrough advances in neuroscience <br />• Brand new material on hoarding <br />• Expanded sections on how families can help OCD sufferers <br />• The latest diagnostic standards as outlined by the American Psychiatric Association <br />• A completely revised list of resources <br /><br />OCD sufferers and their loved ones will find everything they need to assess their symptoms, set realistic goals, and create specific therapeutic exercises for managing this disorder.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>