Touch and go Joe : an adolescent's experience of OCD / / Joe Wells

• Autore: Wells Joe
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (128 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.85/227
• Soggetto topico: Compulsive behavior; Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Appendix 2. OCD Tips and Advice; Further Information; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Touch and go Joe
• ISBN: 9786610566464; 9781280566363; 1280566361; 9781846424892; 1846424895
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972723503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II