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An Introduction to Coping with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, 2nd Edition

Leonora Brosan

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) affects millions of people each year. But it can be treated effectively with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

Written by an experienced practitioner, this introductory book explains what OCD is, what different forms it takes and how it can make you feel. It will help you to understand your symptoms and is ideal as an immediate coping strategy and as a preliminary to fuller therapy. You will learn:

Â· How OCD develops and what keeps it going
Â· The role that intrusive thoughts play in your compulsive behaviour
Â· Cognitive skills and exposure and response prevention techniques

Leonora Brosan

Dr Brosan is the author of Overcoming Stress An Introduction to Coping with Anxiety and An Introduction to Coping with Depression along with Brenda Hogan and An Introduction to Coping with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. She is a Consultant Psychologist and Head of the Psychological Treatment Service in Cambridge. She is an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge. She and her colleagues have created a pioneering service in primary care based on self-help approaches to help alleviate a range of common psychological problems.

An Introduction to Coping with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, 2nd Edition

Leonora Brosan

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