The boy who couldn't stop washing

Description:

Up to six million Americans are afflicted with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a serious, emotionally crippling disease. Cleaning, counting, washing, checking, avoiding—these are just some of the rituals that sufferers are powerless to stop. Now an expert on OCD reveals breakthroughs in diagnosis, successful new behaviorist therapies, drug treatments, and more.

subjects: Case studies,  Habit,  Medical,  Nonfiction,  Obsessive-compulsive disorder,  Obsessive-compulsive neurosis,  Psychology,  Treatment,  Case Reports