The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Judith L. Rapoport. Plume Books, $15 (262pp) ISBN 978-0-452-26365-9
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disease that afflicts approximately four million Americans with a need to perform complex, pointless rituals, or to be completely preoccupied with petty thoughts. ``Casebook, shocking report and support tool all in one, this excellent volume is highly readable and free of jargon,'' reported PW . (Jan.)
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Reviewed on: 01/30/1990
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 260 pages - 978-0-525-24708-1
Mass Market Paperbound - 304 pages - 978-0-451-17202-0
Open Ebook - 304 pages - 978-1-101-15316-1
Open Ebook - 304 pages - 978-1-101-15398-7