Loving Someone with OCD (eBook)
$18.20
Two leading obsessive-compulsive experts help readers create a plan for dealing with someone they love who has OCD. The book provides a step-by-step, skills-building approach for assisting a loved one with such things as ritual prevention and exposure techniques, handling stress and anxiety, and encouraging independence and outside support.
People who suffer from mental illness rarely do so alone. Their families and loved ones face their own set of unique challenges–problems that deserve their own resources and sources of support. This is the first book written specifically to the loved ones of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It helps readers examine how OCD affects their lives and offers a straightforward system for building a healthier, more constructive relationship with OCD sufferers.
The book contains basic information about OCD–its definition, cause, and symptoms–and a brief overview of treatments available for the disorder. After these introductory sections, the book focuses on ways readers can foster a healthy relationship with someone with OCD. It includes tips for increasing family involvement, making accommodation for the disorder in daily life, and creating an action plan for change using family contracts. The book also covers relational topics such as parenting and marriage, self-care, and support networking. Throughout, the book illustrates important points with the real-life stories of families living with OCD.
| File Type | |
|---|---|
| Author | Karen J. Landsman |
| Pages | 184 |
| Publish Date | 5 – 2005 |
| ISBN | 9781608827732 |
| ISBN-10 | 9781608827732 |
| Publisher | New Harbinger Publications |
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