Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

by Bruce M. Hyman and Cherry Pedrick

Book Overview

For most people, cleaning, worrying, and collecting are just optional activities that aren't given much thought. Sometimes overdoing it a little is bothersome to ourselves or others, but no big deal. For people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, these behaviors seriously interfere with daily living and can cause great distress. Long ago, most mental health professionals thought obsessive-compulsive disorder was untreatable. But thanks to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761327584
• ISBN13: 9780761327585
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher