Freeing your child from obsessive-compulsive disorder : a powerful, practical program for parents of children and adolescents /

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by Chansky, Tamar Ellsas.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : Threee Rivers Press, (New York :) Physical details: xiii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject(s): Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children --Treatment. Year : 2000 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Montague Regional High School 616.85 CHA Available

Originally published: New York : Crown Publishers, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-337) and index.

Understanding OCD -- Cracking the code: visualizing the secret mechanisms of OCD -- Diagnosing OCD: the difference between OCD and normal behavior -- The course of OCD: what to expect -- Treatments for OCD -- The parents' role: roots and wings -- Good parenting skills to bring to OCD -- The OCD strategy: a battle plan -- Pressure points in OCD -- Coping with the diagnosis of OCD: taking care of yourself -- Contamination fears -- Checking / repeating / redoing: doubting your own senses -- Just right: evenness, ordering, symmetry, numbers, and hoarding -- Intrusive thoughts and imagined impulses: harm, scrupulosity, and sexual thoughts -- Managing OCD in the larger context -- Seeing your child through OCD.