Foreword. Introduction. How do I know it is normal? The wastebasket aparment. Destructive compulsions. The shoplifter. Shut out of her home. Out of kilter. Multiple complaints. A nervous wreck. Losing weight. The man with hypochondriacal complaints. A problem of church and state. Bad people. A counting nightmare. A diagnostic dilemma. A conflict with society. A potpourri of problems. The anxious perfectionist. Mark's story. Like mother, like daughter. Mentally ill. Concerns about safety. The man with thoughts of sex and aggression. Delusions. Too many zits. The boy who turned right. Fearing the menstrual flow. The family held hostage. The chemistry teacher. The redhead. John's story. Compulsive cutting. Shopping for number 4. Scatologically scared. The girl who couldn't stop spitting. Fat or thin?-that is the question. Obsessed with OCD. Panic in the sealed room. "I love him-I love him not". OCD in the guise of alcohol abuse. A case of schizophrenia. The epileptic adolescent with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Mother's backache reveals the patient with OCD. The circumnavigator. His family's shame. The man who feared particles. Checking for tics. Hoarding and the birth of a child. Are they laughing at me? Obsessed with the departed. The man who couldn't stop calling. The law-and-order student. Obsessed with hunger. He sinned in his heart. Stuck on his tics. The boy who would not behave. Obsessed with her fears. The boy who collected soda cans. The roots of her problems. Rituals in her mind. The scent of obsession. Afterword. Further reading. Index.
