Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Causes and Treatment of Obsessive-compulsive Disorder - Tapa dura

Osborn, Ian

 
9780679442226: Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Causes and Treatment of Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
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ISBN 10: 0679442227 ISBN 13: 9780679442226
Editorial: Pantheon Books Inc, 1998

Sinopsis

A psychiatrist and OCD-sufferer discusses the causes, history, and latest and effective treatments for the reputed "hidden epidemic" of obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Ian Osborn, M.D., is a practicing psychiatrist at State College, Pennsylvania, and a specialist in the treatment of OCD.  He lectures frequently to mental health professionals and to the general public.

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mpulsive disorder has been called the "hidden epidemic": only a very few of the many people who have it reveal their condition.  Ian Osborn is one of those who suffers from OCD, and his personal experience imbues this book with an exceptional clarity and understanding.<br><br>Dr. Osborn discusses the various forms OCD takes and--using the most common focuses of obsession--presents detailed and dramatic cases whose objects are filth, harm, lust, and blasphemy.  He explains how the disorder is currently diagnosed, and how it differs from addiction, worrying, and preoccupation.  He summarizes the recent findings in the areas of brain biology, neuroimaging, and genetics that show OCD to be a distinct chemical disorder of the brain.  He contrasts OCD with other "OCD spectrum disorders" such as anorexia nervosa and hairpulling, and he provides a historical overview that traces the development over the centuries of both behavior therapy and me

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Editorial
Pantheon Books Inc
Año de publicación
1998
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0679442227
ISBN 13 
9780679442226
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
320
Contacto del fabricante
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9780440508472: Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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ISBN 10:  0440508479 ISBN 13:  9780440508472
Editorial: Random House Publishing Group, 1999
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