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Condition:
OCD
Article: For Your Reference Shelf: Books and Videos on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Source: Leslie E. Packer, PhD

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BOOKS

Books for Caregivers or Adults:

Baer L: Getting control: overcoming your obsessions and compulsions. NY: Plume, 1992. NOTE: Originally published: Boston: Little Brown, 1991.

Chansky TE: Freeing Your child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A powerful, practical program for parents of children and adolescents. Times Books, 2000.

Foa EB, Wilson R: Stop obsessing! How to overcome Your obsessions and compulsions. Bantam Books, 1991.

Hyman B, Pedrick C: The OCD workbook: Your guide to breaking free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. New Harbinger Pub, 1999.

Penzel F: Obsessive-Compulsive disorders : A complete guide to getting well and staying well. Oxford University Press, 2000.

Penzel F: The Hair-Pulling Problem: A Complete Guide to Trichotillomania. Oxford University Press, 2003.

Pinto, A: Worried no more: Help and hope for anxious children. Lighthouse Press, 2002. About anxious children, but also includes obessions and compulsions.

Rapoport JL: The boy who couldn't stop washing: the experience & treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. New American Library, 1989 (1990 printing).

 

Books for Children:

Niner, H: Mr. Worry: A story sbout OCD. Albert Whitman & Company , 2004.

Hesser T:  Kissing doorknobs. Laurel-Leaf Books, 1999.

Pinto, A: Up and down the worry hill: A children's book about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and its treatment. Lighthouse Press , 2000.

Foster CH, Chase EA: Polly's magic games: a child's view of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Dilligaf, 1994.

Moritz K, Jablonsky J: Blink, Blink, Clop, Clop: Why Do We Do Things We Can't Stop? NJ: Childswork/Childsplay, 2001.

 

Books for Educators:

Dornbush M. P., Pruitt S. K.: Teaching the Tiger: A Handbook for Individuals Involved in the Education of Students with Attention Deficit Disorders, Tourette Syndrome or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Duarte, CA: Hope Press, 1995.

VIDEOS

The Touching Tree
Sensitive portrayal of a student with OCD for staff awareness and sensitivity or for peer education.

How to Recognize and Respond to OCD in School-Age Children
This is one of the only videos ever produced to try to educate school personnel about OCD.

Information Section: Conditions
Condition:
OCD
Article: For Your Reference Shelf: Books and Videos on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Source: Leslie E. Packer, PhD

Article Page  1

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