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The following books are valuable resources in understanding OCD and its treatment option.
The following books are valuable resources in understanding OCD and its treatment options:
Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsion
Lee Baer, Ph.D.
Plume Books, (2000)
The Doubting Disease: Help for Scrupulosity and Religious Compulsions.
Joseph Ciarrocchi, Ph.D.
Integration Books, (1995)
Stop Obsessing! How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions.
Edna Foa, Ph.D. & Reid Wilson, Ph.D.
Bantam, (1991)
Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals.
Ian Osborne, MD
Pantheon Books, (1998).
When Once Is Not Enough.
Gail Steketee, Ph.D. & Kerrin White, MD
New Harbinger Publications, (1990)
Rewind, Replay, Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Jeff Bell
Hazelden, (2007)
The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts.
Lee Baer, Ph.D.
Penguin, (2001)
The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Bruce Hyman, Ph.D. & Cherry Pedrick, RN
New Harbinger Press, (2005)
Overcoming OCD: A Journey To Recovery
Janet Singer & Seth J. Gillihan, Ph.D
Roman & Littlefield Publishers, (2015)
The following books are helpful in learning about OC Spectrum Disorders, and related anxiety disorders:
The BDD Workbook
James Claiborn, Ph.D. & Cherry Pedrick, RN
New Harbinger Press, (2002)
The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Katherine Phillips, MD
Oxford, (1986)
Help for Hair Pullers: Understanding and Coping with Trichotillomania.
Nancy Keuthen, Ph.D., Dan Stein, MD., & Gary Christenson, MD
New Harbinger, (2001)
Panic Free
Lynn Freeman, Ph.D.
Arden Books, (1999)
Living with Panic Disorder.
John Tsilimparis, MFT
Publish America, (2003)
When a Family Member Has OCD
Jon Hershfield, MFT
New Harbinger Publications, (2015)
Overcoming Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: A Comprehensive Behavioral Treatment for Hair Pulling and Skin Picking
Charles Mansueto, PhD
New Harbinger Publications, (2020)