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OCD Resource Center of FloridaWhat is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or OCD?Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder affecting four to six million adults and almost one-half million children. Its symptoms include intrusive, recurring thoughts, images or impulses which generate an anxious, irrational fear (obsession), for example of germs or dirt. This anxiety often results in the repetitive performance of rituals (compulsions), such as excessive hand washing, bathing, checking and hoarding that effectively reduces the fear to tolerable levels. The person is almost always aware that their strange behavior makes no sense, but feels helpless to stop it. The patterns may be repeated as much as 100 times per day, and renders the person unable to function normally. It appears to be caused by a complex combination of inherited biological and learned psychological factors. Learn more... Dr. Hyman's OCD Workbook Rated #1 Self-Help BookIn a study published recently in a leading psychology journal, The OCD Workbook was ranked number one among 50 top-selling psychology self-help books. Using a 0-100 scale, a panel of expert psychologists rated each book along several dimensions, including overall usefulness, the book's grounding in present psychological science, and the degree to which the book promotes reasonable expectations of improvement. In addition, the raters examined the extent to which the book offers specific guidance for implementing the self-help techniques, the monitoring of treatment progress, and whether the book offers advice that is potentially harmful. Ratings for the fifty books ranged from 19 to 95, with higher scores signifying better overall quality. The OCD Workbook was given a rating of 94, which was the top score. Learn more... Source: Redding, RE, et al. (2008). Popular self-help books for anxiety, depression, and trauma: How scientifically grounded and useful are they? Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 39 (5): 537-545. [Download the article now.]
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