Overcoming Compulsive Washing: Free Your Mind from OCD - Softcover

Munford PhD, Paul R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572244054 ISBN 13: 9781572244054

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2005

Synopsis

Although obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is receiving more attention in the media than ever before, most books on the subject treat this complex range of symptoms generically, without attention to the particular needs of particular categories of behavior. From this third book in New Harbinger's series on specific OCD behaviors, readers who feel a compulsion to wash and clean will learn powerful, effective strategies to control these behaviors.

Fear of contamination...

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From the Publisher

The third book in New Harbinger's series addressing specific obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) behaviors, this book helps people who wash compulsively eliminate or reduce their urges to wash and clean. It helps them overcome their fear of contaminating others or being contaminated by dirt, germs, or poisons.

About the Author

Paul R. Munford, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and executive director of the Anxiety Treatment Center of Northern California. He is clinical professor in the department of psychiatry of the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, where he teaches cognitive behavior therapy. He sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation and is a member of the American Psychological Association, Anxiety Disorders Association...

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Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1572244054
• ISBN 13: 9781572244054
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176