Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour
Frederick M. Toates(Author)
Thorsons (Publisher)
Published on 13. September 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-7225-2912-6 (ISBN)
Description
What is it like to feel you must check a dozen times that the gas is turned off before you can leave the house? Or to lock and re-lock the front door until you are hours late for work? Do you repeatedly wash your hands until they are chapped and sore? Sufferers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder are often highly intelligent and creative people, but they are slaves to persistent unwanted thoughts, tormented by irrational fears of death and contamination. One in ten individuals suffer from one form or another of obsessional thought or behaviour at some time in their lives - the behaviour needn't be "bizarre" or extreme to qualify. This book aims to help sufferers to overcome these obsessions. Frederick Toates is an experimental psychologist and a former sufferer from obsessional thoughts himself. He explains factors that may trigger the disorder, vital dos and don'ts for the sufferer, the available treatments and pitfalls, and how carers and families can cope.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7225-2912-6 (9780722529126)
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Previous edition
Frederick M. Toates
Obsessional Thoughts and Behaviour
Book
04/1990
Thorsons
€27.42
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