Obsessive compulsive disorder - family and friends
Living with a person with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can have a major impact on family and friends. The fears and behaviours that are symptoms of OCD can be difficult to understand and may be disruptive to household routines and ... [... more]
Better Health |
Jonathan Lethem
From America's most inventive novelist, Jonathan Lethem, comes this compelling and compulsive riff on the classic detective novel. Lionel Essrog is Brooklyn's very own self-appointed Human Freakshow, an orphan whose Tourettic impulses drive him ... [... more]
Random House |
Dr. Gregory L. Jantz
A New Approach to Treating Anorexia, Bulimia, and Overeating Eating disorders-including anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overeating-are among the most painful and difficult illnesses a person can face. Sufferers know firsthand the confusion and ... [... more]
Random House |
Michael A. Jenike
Michael A. Jenike, M.D., is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is the founder and medical director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Institute at McLean Hospital. He is also the founder of ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Obsessions
All children worry, but some children can't stop worrying, no matter how much they want the worry to go away. About 2% of the adult population have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and it can start as early as about 7 years of age. People ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. It is characterised by obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are recurrent thoughts, images or impulses that are intrusive and unwanted. Compulsions are time-consuming and distressing ... [... more]
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Anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders are a group of psychiatric or psychological disorders. They include generalised anxiety disorders, social phobias, specific phobias - for example, agoraphobia and claustrophobia - panic disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder ... [... more]
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