Compulsive Behaviour category: 422 books
Compulsive Buying
Clinical Foundations and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
Rooted in research and clinical practice, Compulsive Buying examines the drive that compels people to compulsively purchase and hoard their acquisitions. The authors and contributors cover the entire scope of this behavior and discuss what clinicians need to know in order to better understand and...
The Hair-Pulling Problem
A Complete Guide to Trichotillomania
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2003
Trichotillomania, one of the family of obsessive-compulsive disorders, may afflict as many as 6 to 8 million people in the United States. Now, a leading authority on obsessive-compulsive disorders, Dr. Fred Penzel, has written the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative guide to this syndrome...
by Willem A. Wagenaar
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Why does a large proportion of the population engage in some form of gambling, although they know they are most likely to lose, and that the gambling industry makes huge profits? Do gamblers simply accept their losses as fate, or do they believe that they will be able to overcome the negative odds...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
International in its scope and multidisciplinary in its approach, The International Handbook of Addiction Behaviour, originally published in 1991,set a new agenda in the addictions field. This volume brings together the full variety of scientific approaches to addiction behaviour. It broke new ground...
The Man Who Couldn't Stop
OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
An intimate look at the power of intrusive thoughts, how our brains can turn against us, and living with obsessive compulsive disorder
Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. In this captivating fusion of science,...
Devil in the Details
Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
Jennifer Traig's memoir Devil in the Details paints a portrait of a well-meaning Jewish girl and her good-natured parents, and takes a very funny, very sharp look back at growing up with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Recalling the agony of growing up an obsessive-compulsive religious fanatic, Traig...
by Joanne Limburg
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
For readers of A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and Bad Blood by Lorna Sage comes an intensely honest and surprisingly witty literary memoir of one woman's life as a sufferer of Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Joanne Limburg is a woman who thinks things she doesn’t want to...
Triggered
A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
***AS FEATURED ON NPR'S TALK OF THE NATION***
Imagine the worst thing in the world. Picture it. Construct it, carefully and deliberately in your mind. Be careful not to omit anything. Imagine it happening to you, to the people you love. Imagine the worst thing in the world.
Now try not...
Passing for Normal
A Memoir of Compulsion
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
"What I remember even more distinctly than the incidents of cruelty and confusion, intolerance and avoidance--more vividly than standing in front of the mirror watching my head move with no conscious instruction from me--is the strain of trying to conceal my tics and rituals from others, especially...
OCD - Be Still and Know
A Christian guide to overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? Why do some Christians struggle with anxiety? Can the Bible help with psychological disorders? How can we break free from fear?
P. A. Kennan herself struggled with the debilitating effects of OCD - until one day she found herself in a life-threatening...
Cyber Junkie
Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
Recovering video game addict Kevin Roberts offers a step-by-step guide to recovery for those struggling with compulsive video gaming and Internet surfing.
Video gaming and Internet surfing are the top sources of entertainment for tens of millions of North Americans today. As these technologies...
Coping with OCD
Practical Strategies for Living Well with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
When you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), it can feel like your own mind is at war with itself. Instead of having productive and positive thoughts, you rehash the same worries and fears over and over again until they become unbearable. Did you really remember to lock the front door? What...
by James Shepard
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
OCD is a stress and anxiety condition identified by persistent, undesirable ideas called Obsessions and other recurring behaviors -- also called Compulsions.People with OCD are pre-occupied with relentless ideas that bring unwarranted fear, or unjustly fretting about things that may or may not take...
OCD Recovery Using CBT
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder recovery using Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
This is book is a self-help guide to OCD recovery using CBT. CBT stands for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It’s an “umbrella term” and uses different techniques in order to change how the person’s mind functions. CBT is used for many different types of mental disorders including OCD. CBT is...