Why Does Everything Have to Be Perfect? by Lynn Shackman - ISBN: 9780440234630
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In a thorough introduction to obsessivecompulsive disorder, experts provide the latest information on the causes and symptoms of OCD, assess the impact of stress and lifestyle conditions on the disorder, and examime the various treatment alternatives. Original.

Why Does Everything Have to Be Perfect?

Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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    224 pages

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    15 November 1999

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Summary

Bad thoughts that won’t go away…repetitive actions…feelings of guilt and shame…Are you overwhelmed by a need to “get it right”? Do continual “what-ifs” prevent you from making decisions? Do you check again and again to see if the door is locked? Are your thoughts and habits causing you anxiety, guilt, or shame?If so, you’re not alone. You may be suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, a very specific and largely biochemical problem that affects over 5 million Americans. Now this compass…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780440234630
ISBN-10:0440234638
Author:Lynn Shackman, Shelagh Masline
Publisher:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:15 November 1999
Weight:113g
Dimensions:174mm x 106mm x 7mm
Series:A Dell mental health guide
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Lynn Schackman, M.D., has been a practicing psychiatrist for twelve years, specializing in anxiety disorders. She graduated from Yale University and Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and did her psychiatry training at the New York Hospital Payne Whitney Clinic. She is a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College and a clinical affiliate at the New York Hospital, and has been an investigator in research on obsessive-compulsive disorder and panic disorder. She maintains a private practice in New York City.

Shelagh Ryan Masline is a writer and editor who specializes in health and lifestyle topics. Her recent titles include: The Johns Hopkins Family Medical Guide to Back Pain; Aromatherapy: Healing with Essential Oils; and Prescription and Non-Prescription Medications for Children: What Parents Need to Know.

Roger Granet, M.D., F.A.P.A., series editor for the Dell Mental Health Guides, has practiced psychiatry for twenty years. He is clinical professor of psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, lecturer in psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, consulting psychiatrist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, attending psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Division, and director of consultation-liaison psychiatry at Morristown Memorial Hospital. He also maintains a private practice in Morristown, New Jersey.

About The Author

Lynn Shackman

Shackman has been practicing psychiatristy for 12 years, specializing in anxiety disorders.

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