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Loving someone with OCD : help for you & your family / Karen J. Landsman, Kathleen M. Rupertus, Cherry Pedrick.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 174 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781608827732
  • 1608827739
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Loving someone with OCD.DDC classification:
  • 362.196/85227 22
LOC classification:
  • RC533 .L26 2005eb
NLM classification:
  • WM 176
Online resources:
Contents:
1. OCD defined -- 2. Treatment of OCD -- 3. The inner workings of OCD -- 4. Support the person, not the OCD -- 5. The need for family contracting -- 6. Contracting, the solution for family problem solving -- 7. Creating the family contract -- 8. Parents, siblings, and friends : partners in recovery -- 9. You, your spouse, and OCD : three's a crowd -- 10. Building family resilience -- 11. Looking to the future.
Summary: Two leading obsessive-compulsive experts help readers create a plan for dealing with someone they love who has OCD. The book provides a step-by-step, skills-building approach for assisting a loved one with such things as ritual prevention and exposure techniques, handling stress and anxiety, and encouraging independence and outside support.
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Book Book MHERC Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Available Two leading obsessive-compulsive experts help readers create a plan for dealing with someone they love who has OCD. The book provides a step-by-step, skills-building approach for assisting a loved one with such things as ritual prevention and exposure techniques, handling stress and anxiety, and encouraging independence and outside support. A50000121
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174).

1. OCD defined -- 2. Treatment of OCD -- 3. The inner workings of OCD -- 4. Support the person, not the OCD -- 5. The need for family contracting -- 6. Contracting, the solution for family problem solving -- 7. Creating the family contract -- 8. Parents, siblings, and friends : partners in recovery -- 9. You, your spouse, and OCD : three's a crowd -- 10. Building family resilience -- 11. Looking to the future.

Two leading obsessive-compulsive experts help readers create a plan for dealing with someone they love who has OCD. The book provides a step-by-step, skills-building approach for assisting a loved one with such things as ritual prevention and exposure techniques, handling stress and anxiety, and encouraging independence and outside support.