Getting Control

The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing brought them to light. Now here is a step-by-step self-help plan for the six million Americans with obsessive-compulsive disorders. In calm, reassuring language, Dr. Baer provides priceless practical guidance for OCD sufferers and their families.

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"Getting Control" is the first treatment guide designed around the powerful, clinically proven techniques of behavior therapy. Harvard Medical School professor Lee Baer's step-by-step plan helps OCD victims assess symptoms, set realistic goals, and create specific therapeutic exercises for themselves. Her offers advice on more intensive professional therapy and the latest advances in medications, and draws on fascinating case studies to show how others have learned to master their fears and take charge of their lives. With compassion and wisdom, Dr. Baer provides crucial information for sufferers.