Touch and Go Joe : An Adolescent's Experience of OCD.
Title:
Touch and Go Joe : An Adolescent's Experience of OCD.
Author:
Wells, Joe.
ISBN:
9781846424892
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (128 pages)
Contents:
Touch and Go Joe: An Adolescent's Experience of OCD -- Contents -- Foreword by Isobel Heyman -- Acknowledgements -- What's This Book About? -- Chapter 1. Worrying -- Chapter 2. Poisoning of the Mind -- Chapter 3. Only Human -- Chapter 4. Guilty Mind -- Chapter 5. Am I Going Mad? -- Chapter 6. Learning to Count -- Chapter 7. Keeping My Secret -- Chapter 8. Learning to Walk the Walk -- Chapter 9. OCD Abroad -- Chapter 10. Getting Help -- Chapter 11. Convincing Myself of OCD's Irrationality -- Chapter 12. Challenging -- Chapter 13. Depression and OCD -- Chapter 14. Citalopram -- Chapter 15. The Awful Truth -- Chapter 16. Getting On with It -- Epilogue.The 30-20 Diary -- Appendix 1. Definition of OCD and CBT -- Apendix 2. OCD Tips and Advice -- Further Information -- Index.
Abstract:
As many as 2 in every 100 people suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and 16-year-old Joe Wells is one of them. Here, he tells the story of his battle with OCD from its insidious beginnings at age 9 and increasingly intrusive symptoms, to diagnosis at age 12. This book is packed with advice and coping strategies.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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