The Ocd Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-compulsive Disorder,9781572244221

The Ocd Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781572244221
ISBN10: 1572244224
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-08-01
Publisher(s): New Harbinger Pubns Inc
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Summary

A major revision of the best-selling classic provides the latest information about recent findings on the neurobiological causes of OCD, the latest medications and treatment measures, as well as a new chapter outlining cutting edge day-to-day coping strategies.

Author Biography

Bruce M. Hyman, Ph.D., LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Hollywood, FL, and director of the OCD Resource Center of Florida (www.ocdhope.com). He specializes in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of adults and children with anxiety disorders, including the OCD-spectrum disorders. Cherry Pedrick, RN, is a registered nurse and freelance writer. She is coauthor of Loving Someone with OCD, Helping Your Child with OCD, The Habit Change Workbook, The BDD Workbook, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. She lives in Lacey, WA.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1(6)
Who We Are
How This Book Can Help You
About This Book
Part I
What Is OCD?
7(8)
Basic Types of OCD
OCD Through the Ages
Breaking Free from OCD
So You Have a Problem: What Is It?
15(12)
A Closer Look at OCD
What OCD Is Not
The Symptoms of OCD
How Is OCD Diagnosed?
OCD and Shame
Does OCD Run in Families?
What Causes OCD?
What Can Be Done?
27(14)
Medication Therapy
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
Medication, CBT, or Both?
Psychotherapy
Neurosurgery
Unproven Treatments
Make Wise Treatment Choices
Part II
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for OCD: The Self-Directed Program
41(10)
Why ERP Works
Exposure ``In Vivo''
Response Prevention
Getting Ready for Change
Preparing for Change
Helping Your Family Get Ready for Change
Make Breaking Free from OCD a Priority
Preparing for the Challenge---Self-Assessment
51(10)
Assessing Your OCD Problem
Target Your Symptoms
Assessment Is the First Step on the Road to Recovery
Your Intervention Strategy
61(28)
Tips for Writing Your Personal Anxiety/Exposure List
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP): Step-by-Step
Doing ERP for Some Common OCD Problems
Reach Beyond Your Fears
Imaginal Exposure
89(8)
Doing Imaginal Exposure
When Imaginal Exposure Doesn't Work
Make Imagination Your Ally Against OCD
Challenging Your Faulty Beliefs
97(20)
Faulty Beliefs
The ABCDs of Faulty Beliefs
Correcting Faulty Beliefs
Additional Challenges to Faulty Beliefs
What If My Beliefs Aren't Changing?
Challenging Your Faulty Beliefs Enhances ERP
More Tools for Breaking Free---First Aid for OCD
117(8)
A Mindful Response to OCD
Mindfulness Techniques Complement ERP
Part III
Breaking Free from Pure Obsessions
125(12)
The Nature of Pure Obsessions
Anatomy of a Pure Obsession: Overview
Four Steps to Breaking Free from Pure Obsessions
Thought Habituation Exercises
Dealing with Covert Rituals
Hope for Mental Compulsions
Scrupulosity: When OCD Gets Religious
137(14)
What Is Scrupulosity?
Differentiating Between Strong Religious Beliefs and Scrupulosity
Hypermorality and Hyperresponsibility
The Self-Directed Program for Scrupulosity
Challenge OCD Daily
Hyperresponsibility: Hit 'n Run OCD
151(12)
Self-Directed Program for Hit 'n Run OCD
The Role of Hyperresponsibility
Hoarding OCD
163(6)
Self-Directed Program for Hoarding OCD
Uncluttering Will Help You Maximize Usable Living Space
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Maintaining Your Gains for the Long Haul
169(12)
It's Not Working: Common Problems
Managing Lapses and Preventing Relapse
Make CBT a Part of Your General Lifestyle
Welcome Lapses As Opportunities for Growth
It Happens to Children Too
181(16)
Children and Rituals: Could It Be OCD?
Cleaning, Checking, Counting, and Children
Help for Children with OCD
Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococci (PANDAS)
OCD and Related Disorders
Family Help for Children with OCD
Hope for the Future
OCD and Company
197(8)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Trichotillomania
Depression
When OCD Is Not the Only Problem
Part IV
OCD Is a Family Affair
205(12)
Support Starts with Each Family Member
How Family Members Can Help the Person in the Self-Directed Program
How to Deal with Obsessive Reassurance Seeking
Additional Guidelines for Dealing with OCD in the Family
Family Members Play an Important Role
Where to Get Help
217(6)
Professional Help for OCD
Questions to Ask Prospective Therapists
Support Groups
Help in Cyberspace
This Is Only the Beginning
Appendix
223(6)
A Brief Introduction to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder for Family and Friends
Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)
Resources 229(6)
References 235

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