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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-101585422460

ISBN-139781585422463

eBay Product ID (ePID)2380172

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Book TitleFreedom from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder : A Personalized Recovery Program for Conquering Your Fears and Managing Uncertainty

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPsychopathology / Compulsive Behavior, General, Motivational & Inspirational

Publication Year2003

IllustratorYes

GenreSelf-Help, Psychology

AuthorJonathan Grayson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight20.5 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-050723

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal616.85/22706

SynopsisObsessive thoughts; paralyzing fear of contamination; unmanageable "checking" rituals; excessive concern with order, symmetry, and counting: nearly six million Americans suffer from these symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. In this revolutionary book, Dr. Jonathan Grayson offers OCD sufferers his compassionate and innovative program for finally breaking the cycle of overwhelming fear and endless rituals. For more than two decades, Dr. Grayson's extraordinary methods have included taking patients at his Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center on an annual camping trip, during which they participate in activities even nonsufferers might find difficult to endure. They sleep in tents, use latrines without the benefit of running water, and take torturous hikes through mud and muck. Dr. Grayson's remarkably empathetic treatment program empowers sufferers not only to surmount these challenges but also to make enormous break-throughs in coping with their behaviors and feelings. Grayson argues that when properly understood, OCD is not a disorder of hopeless torment, but instead one that can be overcome. Freedom from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder offers a self-guided version of Grayson's program, a highly personalized treatment plan that emphasizes lasting recovery and relapse prevention. His program demystifies the process of OCD assessment and treatment; helps sufferers make sense of their own type of OCD through frank, unflinching self-evaluation; and provides the tools and instructions that give readers the knowledge of how to change and the courage to do it. This is, above all, a book that offers hope, and Grayson is a doctor who believes -- and who has shown in his successful treatment of OCD -- that anyone who is consumed by anxiety over life's uncertainties and enslaved by ritualistic behaviors can be treated effectively. With such a compassionate, knowing guide, Freedom from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder can help you take control of your life. Book jacket., A preeminent psychologist's uniquely successful method of understanding and overcoming obsessive-compulsive disorder. What would prompt Peoplemagazine to include a profile of a Pennsylvania psychologist among its pages of celebrity features? Answer: his groundbreaking treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, an illness whose six million sufferers are driven by anxiety over life's uncertainties to become enslaved by ritualistic behaviors. For more than two decades, Dr. Jonathan Grayson's extraordinary methods have included taking patients at his Philadelphia Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center on an annual camping trip, during which they participate in activities even non-sufferers would find difficult to endure. They sleep in tents, use latrines without the benefit of running water, and take torturous hikes. Dr. Grayson's remarkably empathetic key to understanding obsessive-compulsive disorder empowers sufferers to not only surmount these challenges but also to make enormous breakthroughs in coping with their behaviors and feelings. Freedom from Obsessive Compulsive Disorderoffers a self-guided version of Grayson's program, a highly personalized treat-ment that focuses on lasting recovery and relapse prevention. While some experts emphasize medication to treat the biological roots of OCD and others stress its psychological component, Grayson's compassionate approach combines the best of both schools of thought. Reaching beyond the generic symptom reduction offered in other books, this unparalleled volume enables those struggling with OCD to stop the disorder from controlling their lives.

LC Classification NumberRC533.G725 2003