Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions, Compulsions and OCD

Dr. Lee Baer

ISBN 10: 1780339828 / ISBN 13: 9781780339825

Published by Little, Brown Book Group, 2012

About this Item

2012. Paperback. Full revised and updated edition of the definitive book for OCD sufferers who want to master their fears and take charge of their lives. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: VFJB; VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781780339825

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions, Compulsions and OCD
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780339828
• ISBN 13: 9781780339825
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The first comprehensive guide to treating obsessive-compulsive disorder based on clinically proven behavioral therapy techniques, Dr. Lee Baer''s Getting Control 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:

Cutting-edge behavioral therapy techniques.

Breakthrough advances in neuroscience.

Brand-new material on hoarding.

Expanded sections on how families can help OCD sufferers.

The latest diagnostic standards
.
A completely revised list of resources.

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.

About the Author

Dr Lee Baer is a clinical professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and cofounder of the OCD Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital and the OCD Institute at McLean Hospital. He is an internationally-recognized expert in the treatment of OCD and coeditor of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: Theory and Management.