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    Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions

    Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions

    by Lee Baer


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      ISBN-13: 9781101589144
    • Publisher: Temple Publications International, Inc.
    • Publication date: 06/26/2012
    • Sold by: Penguin Group
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 272
    • Sales rank: 361,485
    • File size: 1 MB
    • Age Range: 18 Years

    Lee Baer, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in the treatment of OCD and related disorders. Author of Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions and The Imp of the Mind, Baer is an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and the director of research of the OCD unit at Massachusetts General Hospital as well as of the OCD Institute at McLean Hospital.


    From the Trade Paperback edition.

    Table of Contents

    Foreword xi

    Preface to the Original Edition xiii

    Preface to the Third Edition xv

    Chapter 1 What Is OCD? 1

    What Is OCD?

    How Common Is OCD?

    What Causes OCD?

    What Are the Subtypes of OCD?

    What Problems Are Confused with OCD?

    What Disorders May Be Related to OCD?

    Chapter 2 Treatment of OCD 31

    Behavior Therapy for OCD

    Medication Treatment for OCD

    Other Treatments for OCD

    Principles of Behavior Therapy

    Chapter 3 Test Yourself 57

    Assessing the Type of Your OCD Symptoms

    Measuring the Severity of Your OCD

    Assessing the Strength of Your Belief in Your Obsessions or Compulsions

    Assessing Avoidance Due to OCD

    Assessing Depression

    Interpreting the Results

    Chapter 4 Setting Your Goals 75

    Basic Principles of Setting Long-term Goals

    Basic Principles of Setting Practice Goals

    Chapter 5 HOW to Use Behavior Therapy to Get Control of Your Symptoms 102

    Techniques to Assist Exposure and Response Prevention

    Tailoring Behavior Therapy to Your OCD Symptoms

    Chapter 6 Staying in Control 130

    Long-term Results of Behavior Therapy

    Getting the Odds in Your Favor

    Chapter 7 Getting Control of Problems Related to OCD 145

    Trichotillomania

    Skin Picking

    Tourette Syndrome

    Excessive Bodily Worries

    Hoarding Disorder

    Chapter 8 Medications for OCD 178

    SRI Medications

    Clomipramine

    Fluoxetine

    Fluvoxamine

    Sertraline

    Paroxetine

    Citalopram

    Escitalopram

    MAOIs

    What Other Medications Can Help OCD?

    Common Questions About Medications for OCD

    Combining Medication with Behavior Therapy

    Chapter 9 Your Questions Answered 194

    Chapter 10 For Family, Friends, and Helpers 207

    Dealing with Family Members or Friends Who Have OCD

    Dealing with Family Members or Friends Who Won't Get Help for Their OCD

    If You Are Asked to Be a Helper

    Bibliography 225

    Appendix. Self-Rating Forms 229

    Index 255

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    Thoroughly revised and updated—the go-to book for OCD sufferers who want to master their fears and take charge of their lives

    The first comprehensive guide to treating obsessive compulsive disorder based on clinically proven behavioral therapy techniques, Dr. Lee Baer’s Getting Control has been providing OCD sufferers with information and relief for more than twenty years. In the same easy-to-understand format as the original, this updated edition includes:

    • Cutting-edge behavioral therapy techniques
    • Breakthrough advances in neuroscience
    • Brand new material on hoarding
    • Expanded sections on how families can help OCD sufferers
    • The latest diagnostic standards as outlined by the American Psychiatric Association
    • A completely revised list of resources

    OCD sufferers and their loved ones will find everything they need to assess their symptoms, set realistic goals, and create specific therapeutic exercises for managing this disorder.


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    Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
    Sincerity and hopefulness distinguish this informative examination of obsessive-compulsive disorder. (July)
    From the Publisher
    One of the world’s leading experts on obsessive-compulsive disorder and on methods of self-help. This excellent third edition includes recent advances in the assessment and treatment of this disorder. Sufferers, relatives, and friends can benefit greatly from reading this book.”—Isaac Marks, M.D., FRCPsych, author of Living with Fear
     
    “Very few clinicians are as experienced as Dr. Baer in the treatment of OCD.”—Sabine Wilhelm, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; director, OCD and Related Disorder Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
     
    Praise for The Imp of the Mind
     
    “One of the most creative and lucid thinkers in the area of OCD… A marvelous book for the millions who suffer from painful thoughts.”—Michael A. Jenike, M.D., professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
     
    “Baer provides a compassionate and understanding voice for millions of people.”—Chicago Tribune
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