Books and Articles — Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Books for Children and Teens

Foster, ConstanceKids Like Me
Hesser, TerryKissing Doorknobs (Teens)
Huebner, DawnWhat to Do When You Worry Too Much:A Kid's Guide
Huebner, DawnWhat to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck:A Kid's Guide
March, JohnTalking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say "No Way" -- and Parents Say "Way to Go"
Moritz, E. Katia and Jablonsky, JenniferBlink, Blink, Clop, Clop: Why Do We Do Things We Can't Stop? An OCD Storybook
Pinto, AureenUp and Down Worry Hill

Books for Adults

Bell, J.Rewind, Replay, Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Chansky, TamarFreeing Your Child from OCD
Chansky, Tamar E.Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and Adolescents
Colas, EmilyChecking In
Colas, EmilyJust Checking: Scenes from the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive
Fitzgibbons, Lee and Pedrick, CherryHelping Your Child With Ocd: A Workbook for Parents of Children With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Foa, EdnaStop Obsessing
Foust, TraciNowhere Near Normal: A Memoir of OCD
Gravitz, HerbertObsessive Compulsive Disorder-New Help for Family
Hollander, EOCD
Hyman, Bruce and Pedrick, CherryThe OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Korin, LaurenOCD and Related Disorders in Adults
March, JohnTalking Back to OCD:The Program that helps kids and Teens
Marche, JohnOCD in Children and Adolescents
Neziroglu, FugenOver and Over Again
Rapport, JudithThe Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing
Steketee, GailWhen Once is Not Enough
Summers, MarcEverything in Its Place
Wagner, AureenWhat To Do When Your Child has OCD
Wilensky, A.Passing for Normal: A Memoir of Compulsion

Articles and Other Resources

Wariness on Surgery of the Mind, by Benedict Carey. New York Times, February 14, 2011.  “In recent years, many psychiatrists have come to believe that the last, best chance for some people with severe and intractable mental problems is psychosurgery, an experimental procedure in which doctors operate directly on the brain.”

Predicting Treatment Success for Child OCD, by Rick Nauert. Psych Central, October 18, 2010.  “A new research effort may help clinicians better predict how a child with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) will respond to some of the most commonly used treatment approaches.”

OCD: New Treatments And Stories From The Trenches, by Jessica Alpert. WBUR, October 13, 2010.  “In recognition of National OCD Awareness Week, we explore some of the latest treatments for the disorder with a Boston doctor who's one of the country's top OCD specialists, and we speak with one local man who lives with OCD every day.”

Tools to Reduce Stigma of Mental Illness, by Rick Nauert. Psych Central, May 14, 2010.  “Researchers have announced a new intervention that can improve the quality of life and self-esteem among persons with serious mental illness.”

The evolution of residential schools, by Phyllis Hanlon. New England Psychologist, October 15, 2009.

Massachusetts expands mental health parity, by Nan Shnitzler. New England Psychologist, October 15, 2009.

Staying Sane May Be Easier Than You Think, by John Cloud. Time Magazine, June 22, 2009.

When anxiety is at the table, by Jeff Bell. New York Times, February 06, 2008.  “Separating the salt and pepper shakers or worrying whether the cutlery is clean enough are just some of the woes that can befall obsessive-compulsive diners.”

Second Thoughts, by Judith Warner. The New York Times, March 01, 2007.  “Judith Warner blogs about using behavioral drugs for children.”

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