The boy who couldn't stop washing: the experience & treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder / Judith L. Rapoport

New York: Dutton, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 260 pages; 25 cm. Contents:The patients speak: parents -- The auto accident that never was -- Rituals and contamination: Zach and his family -- The patients speak: children -- Paul: Stuck in the doorway -- Arnie: the paper route -- Morris: Mr. Clean -- A doctor's perspective -- The boy who couldn't stop washing -- The doubting disease -- Is OCD a brain disease? -- Unlearning to understand -- Anafranil: a wonder drug? -- David's drug odyssey -- How sweet it is! -- The hidden -- No joke -- The music goes 'round and 'round -- My mind on my mind -- Over and over again -- The secret life of a street person -- Count me out -- Love story -- Aids: the new obsession -- The hair-pulling women -- Innocent sinners -- A thousand commitments to God -- On the boundaries -- The obsessionality of everyday life -- Knock wood -- Grooming and nesting -- I can't get you out of my mind -- Free will and the uncertainty of knowing -- Do you have obsessive-compulsive disorder? -- Making the diagnosis -- What to do if you have obsessive-compulsive disorder. Subjects: Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Case studies.Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Obsessive-compulsive neurosis.