The following list is just a small percentage of all the books out there on OCD and related disorders. Books with a checkmark (✔️) have been reviewed and approved by the IOCDF Book Review Task Force as evidence-based self-help books.
However, please note that this list is provided for informational purposes only. The IOCDF listing of self-help books does not specifically recommend or endorse any book or its author, and the reader should not view the material in the books as a substitute for care from a professional.
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The book list is broken down into the following categories, for easier browsing:
Self-Help
General
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- Compulsive Acts: A Psychiatrist's Tales of Rituals and Obsessions
by Elias Aboujaoude, MD - Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life
by Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD - The Anti-Anxiety Workbook: Proven Strategies to Overcome Worry Phobias Panic and Obsessions (The Guilford Self-Help Workbook Series)
by Martin M. Antony, PhD and Peter J. Norton, PhD - The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts
by Lee Baer, PhD - Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions
by Lee Baer, PhD, with a forward by Judith Rapoport, MD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with OCD
by Cheryl Carmin, PhD - The Obsessive-Compulsive Trap Real Help for a Real Struggle
by Mark Crawford, PhD - Daring to Challenge OCD: Overcome Your Fear of Treatment & Take Control of Your Life Using Exposure & Response Prevention
by Joan Davidson, PhD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Facts
by Padmal de Silva and Stanley Rachman - The Sky is Falling: Understanding and Coping with Phobias Panic and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Raeann Dumont - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder For Dummies
by Charles H. Elliott, PhD and Laura L. Smith, PhD - Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions
by Edna B. Foa, PhD and Reid Wilson, PhD - Freedom From Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Personalized Recovery Program for Living with Uncertainty
by Jonathan Grayson, PhD - The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbooks)
by Jon Hershfield MFT - Coping With OCD: Practical Strategies for Living Well With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Bruce Hyman, PhD with Troy Dufrene - The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
by Bruce M. Hyman, PhD and Cherry Pedrick, RN - Free yourself from OCD: CBT-based strategies to manage intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors by Jonah Lakin, PsyD
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conquering Obsessive Compulsive Behavior
by Bruce Mansbridge, PhD - The OCD Answer Book: Professional Answers to More Than 250 Top Questions About Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Patrick B. McGrath, PhD - Overcoming Compulsive Checking
by Paul R. Munford, PhD - Over and Over: Again Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Revised Edition
by Fugen Neziroglu, PhD and Jose Yaryura-Tobias, MD - Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Ian Osborn, MD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well
by Fred Penzel, PhD - Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts
by Christine Purdon, PhD, CPsych and David A, Clark, PhD, LPsych - The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Judith L. Rapoport, MD - Why Does Everything Have to be Perfect?
by Lynn Schackman, MD and Shelagh Ryan Masline - Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, MD with Beverly Beyette - Understanding OCD: Skills to Control the Conscience and Outsmart Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
by Leslie Shapiro - Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment Shows Promise in the Most Difficult Cases
by Jamie Talan - Conquer Your Fears and Phobias for Teens: How to Build Courage and Stop Fear from Holding You Back (Instant Help Solutions)
by Andrea Umbach PsyD - Coping with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Step-by-Step Guide Using the Latest CBT Techniques (Coping with Oneworld)
by Jan van Niekerk - Overcoming OCD
by David Veale and Rob Willson - Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive or Disturbing Thoughts
by Sally Winston, PsyD & Martin Sief, PhD
Personal Memoirs
- The Man Who Couldn't Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
by David Adam - The Boy Who Finally Stopped Washing: OCD From Both Sides of the Couch
by John B. - Rewind Replay Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Jeff Bell - When in Doubt Make Belief: An OCD-Inspired Approach to Living with Uncertainty
by Jeff Bell - Obsessive-Compulsive Anonymous: Recovering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Roy C. - It's a Matter of Trust: Hope and Solutions for OCD and How I Got Better
by James Callner - The Thing Inside My Head: A Family's Journey Through Mental Illness
by Lois Chaber - Exiting the Maze
by Nathan Cole - OCD and Me: My Unconventional Journey Through Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
by Bess Cunningham - Life in a Whirlwind of Numbers. 26 Years of OCD, 2nd Edition
by David William Dahlberg - Battle for Control: A Memoir of Anorexia, Exercise Bulimia, and Other Compulsions
by Doug Erlandson - Memoirs of a Born Shlepper Never Give OCD a Third Thought
by Rod Fadem - Laid Bare
by Jesse Fink - Obeying Conflicting Demands: Silencing the Voice of Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
by Denise R. Folcik - Living With Severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
by Marie Gius - The People You Meet in Real Life
by Melissa Ann Hopely - I Chose Life: A Struggle With OCD, Anxiety, & Depression
by Greg Horne - The Thought that Counts: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager's Experience with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Jared Kant - I Hardly Ever Wash My Hands: The Other Side of OCD
by J. J. Keeler - The Crazy and The Damned: An OCD Memoir: A Story of Hope & Victory
by Robert Lanni - Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD
by Beth Alison Maloney - An OCD Life
by Fred Mletzko - From Tortured to Almost Free: A Psychiatric Therapist's Life with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
by Cathy Goldstein Mullin, LICSW - Fixation Pains ...A True Struggle for Survival
by John Michael Molinari, III - Life in Rewind: The Story of a Young Courageous Man Who Persevered Over OCD and the Harvard Doctor Who Broke All the Rules to Help Him
by Terry Weible Murphy, Michael A. Jenike, and Edward E Zine - Check Mates: A Collection of Fiction Poetry and Artwork About Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by People with OCD
by E.I. Muse and Jennifer Abrams - Desert Lily
by Peter A. Pascaris - Contaminated: My Journey Out of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
by Gerry Radano, MSW - "It'll be Okay:" How I Kept Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) from Ruining My Life
by Shannon Shy - Strivings Within - The OCD Christian: Overcoming Doubt in the Storm of Anxiety
by Mitzi VanCleve - Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Fletcher Wortmann
- Compulsive Acts: A Psychiatrist's Tales of Rituals and Obsessions
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Trichotillomania
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- Help for Hair Pullers: Understanding and Coping with Trichotillomania
by Nancy J Keuthen, PhD, Dan J. Stein, MD, and Gary A. Christenson, MD - The Hair-Pulling Problem: A Complete Guide to Trichotillomania
by Fred Penzel, PhD
- Help for Hair Pullers: Understanding and Coping with Trichotillomania
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Intrusive Thoughts
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- Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive or Disturbing Thoughts
by Sally Winston, PsyD & Martin Seif, PhD
- Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive or Disturbing Thoughts
Impulse Control
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- The Habit Change Workbook: How to Break Bad Habits and Form Good Ones
by James Claiborn, PhD, ABPP and Cherry Pedrick, RN - Stop Me Because I Can't Stop Myself: Taking Control of Impulsive Behavior
by Jon E Grant, JD, MD and S.W. Kim, MD
- The Habit Change Workbook: How to Break Bad Habits and Form Good Ones
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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- The BDD Workbook
by James Claiborn, PhD, ABPP and Cherry Pedrick, RN - The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder
by Katharine A Phillips, MD - Feeling Good About the Way You Look: A Program for Overcoming Body Image Problems
by Sabine Wilhelm, PhD - Overcoming Body Image Problems
by David Veale, Rob Willson, and Alex Clarke - Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder An Essential Guide
by Katharine A Phillips, MD
- The BDD Workbook
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Perfectionism
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- The Perfectionist's Handbook: Take Risks Invite Criticism and Make the Most of Your Mistakes
by Jeff Szymanski, PhD - When Perfect Isn't Good Enough: Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism
by Martin M. Antony, PhD and Richard P. Swinson, MD
- The Perfectionist's Handbook: Take Risks Invite Criticism and Make the Most of Your Mistakes
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Scrupulosity
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- The Doubting Disease: Help for Scrupulosity and Religious Compulsions
by Joseph W Ciarrocchi, PhD
- The Doubting Disease: Help for Scrupulosity and Religious Compulsions
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Hoarding
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- Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding
by Fugen Neziroglu, PhD, ABPP, Jerome Bubrick, PhD, and Jose Yaryura-Tobias, MD - Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring Saving and Hoarding
by David F Tolin, PhD, Randy O. Frost, PhD, and Gail S. Steketee, PhD - Digging Out: Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter Hoarding and Compulsive Acquiring
by Michael A. Tompkins, PhD, and Tamara L. Hartl, PhD - Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
by Randy O. Frost, PhD. and Gail S. Steketee, PhD - Conquer the Clutter: Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Overcome Hoarding by Elaine Birchall and Suzanne Cronkwright
- Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding
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Hypochondriasis
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- Overcoming Health Anxiety
by Rob Willson and David Veale
- Overcoming Health Anxiety
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Asperger's Syndrome and OCD
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- Stuck Asperger’s Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors
by Jonathan Hoffman, PhD
- Stuck Asperger’s Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors
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Family
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- Freeing your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Tamar E Chansky, PhD - Helping Your Child With OCD
by Lee Fitzgibbons, PhD and Cherry Pedrick, R.N. - Stolen Child: A Mother's Journey to Rescue Her Son from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
by Laurie Gough - When a Family Member Has OCD: Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Skills to Help Families Affected by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Jon Hershfield MFT - Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say "No Way" - and Parents Say "Way to Go"
by John S. March, MD - What to do When Your Child Has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Strategies and Solutions
by Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Help for Children and Adolescents
by Mitzi Waltz
- Freeing your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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For Family Members of Adults with OCD
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- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Guide for Family Friends and Pastors
by Robert Collie, ThD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: New Help for the Family
by Herbert L. Gravitz, PhD - Loving Someone with OCD: Help for You and Your Family
by Karen J. Landsman, PhD, Kathleen M. Rupertus, MA, MS, and Cherry Pedrick, RN
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Guide for Family Friends and Pastors
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Children and Adolescents
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- You Do That Too? Adolescents and OCD
by Jose Arturo and Rena Benson - Adalyn's Clare
by Kari Dunn Buron - Ten Turtles on Tuesday: A Story for Children About Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
by Ellen Flanagan Burns - Being Me with OCD: How I Learned to Obsess Less and Live My Life
by Alison Dotson - The ABC's of OCD!
by Kathleen Dunn - Repetitive Rhonda
by Jan Evans MA - Not As Crazy As I Seem
by George Harrar - No One is Perfect and YOU Are a Great Kid
by Kim Hix - What to do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD
by Dawn Huebner, PhD - Blink Blink Clop Clop: Why Do We Do Things We Can't Stop? An OCD Storybook
by E Katia Moritz, PhD and Jennifer Jablonsky - Mr. Worry: A Story About OCD
by Holly L. Niner - The OCD Workbook for Kids
by Anthony Puliafico, Ph.D. & Joanna Robin, Ph.D. - Cookie Cutters and Sled Runners
by Natalie Rompella - Willow Wonders. Why do I Worry?
- by Wynne Radcliffe and Kristin Beckstrom Radcliffe
- Free from OCD: A Workbook for Teens with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Timothy A. Sisemore PhD - The Ray of Hope: A Teenager's Fight Against Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
by Ray St John - A Thought is Just a Thought A Story of Living with OCD
by Leslie Talley - Up & Down the Worry Hill: A Children's Book about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and its Treatment
by Aureen P Wagner, PhD - Take Control of OCD: The Ultimate Guide for Kids With OCD
by Bonnie Zucker - Practice Being Brave: Owning My OCD
by Molly Grambel - Trudel the Schnoodle
by Jane Buseck
- You Do That Too? Adolescents and OCD
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Professionals
General
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- Clinical Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related Problems
Edited by Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD, Dean McKay and Steven Taylor - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Advances in Psychotherapy (An Evidence-Based Practice Book)
by Jonathon S. Abramowitz, PhD - Concepts and Controversies in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Edited by Jonathon S. Abramowitz. PhD and Arthur C. Houts - Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for OCD
by David A. Clark - The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Pastoral Care for the Road to Change
by Robert M. Collie, ThD - Mastery of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach (Therapist Guide)
by Edna Foa, PhD and Michael J. Kozak, PhD - Mastery of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach (Client Workbook)
by Edna Foa, PhD and Michael J. Kozak, PhD - The Literary and Linguistic Construction of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: No Ordinary Doubt (Literary Disability Studies)
by Patricia Friedrich, PhD - Clinical Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in Adults and Children
Robert Hudak, MD (Editor) and Darin Dougherty, MD (Editor) - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: Practical Management
by Michael Jenike, MD, Lee Baer, PhD, and William Minichiello, EdD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Elements, History, Treatments, and Research
by Leslie J. Shapiro, LICSW - Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Gail S. Steketee, PhD - Overcoming Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Behavioral and Cognitive Protocol for the Treatment of OCD (Therapist Protocol)
by Gail S. Steketee, PhD - Overcoming Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder A Behavioral and Cognitive Protocol for the Treatment of OCD (Client Manual)
by Gail S. Steketee, PhD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (The Latest Assessment and Treatment Strategies)
Edited by Gail S. Steketee, PhD, Teresa Pigott, MD, and Todd Schemmel, PhD candidate - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Theory Research and Treatment
Edited by Richard P Swinson MD Martin M Antony PhD Stanley Rachman PhD and Margaret A Richter MD - OCD Treatment Through Storytelling: A Strategy for Successful Therapy
by Allen Weg - Cognitive Therapy of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Guide for Professionals
by Sabine Wilhelm, PhD and Gail S. Steketee, PhD - Biobehavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
by Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias, MD and Fugen Neziroglu, PhD
- Clinical Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related Problems
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For Teachers
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- Students with OCD: A Handbook for School Personnel
by Gail B. Adams, EdD - Teaching Kids With Mental Health and Learning Disorders in the Regular Classroom: How to Recognize Understand and Help Challenged (And Challenging) Students Succeed
by Myles L. Cooley, PhD - Teaching the Tiger: A Handbook for Individuals Involved in the Education of Students with Attention Deficit Disorders Tourette Syndrome or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Marilyn P. Dornbush, PhD and Sheryl K. Pruitt, MEd
- Students with OCD: A Handbook for School Personnel
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For Professional Organizers
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- What Every Professional Organizer Needs To Know About Hoarding
by Judith Kolberg
- What Every Professional Organizer Needs To Know About Hoarding
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Treatment of OCD in Children & Adolescents
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- OCD in Children and Adolescents: The "OCD Is Not the Boss of Me" Manual
by Katherine McKenney, PhD, Annie Simpson, PhD, S. Evelyn Stewart, MD - OCD in Children and Adolescents: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Manual
by John S. March, MD, MPH and Karen Mulle, BSN, MTS, MSW - Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Childhood OCD: It's Only a False Alarm (Therapist Guide)
by John Piacentini, Audra Langley, and Tami Roblek - Handbook of Child and Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Edited by Eric A. Storch, PhD, Gary R. Geffken, PhD, and Tanya K. Murphy, MD - Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Manual
by Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD - The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: Practical Skills to Help You Overcome Anxiety Worry Panic Attacks Obsessions and Compulsions
by Pamela S. Wiegartz, PhD and Kevin L. Gyoerkoe, PsyD (2009) - Family Based Treatment for Young Children With OCD: Therapist Guide (Treatments That Work)
by Jennifer Freemand and Abbe Garcia - Family-Based Treatment for Young Children with OCD Workbook (Programs That Work)
by Jennifer Freeman and Abbe Garcia
- OCD in Children and Adolescents: The "OCD Is Not the Boss of Me" Manual
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Treatment of Hoarding
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- Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring (Therapist Guide)
by Gail S. Steketee, PhD and Randy O. Frost, PhD - Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring (Client Workbook)
by Gail S. Steketee, PhD and Randy O. Frost, PhD - The Hoarding Handbook: A Guide for Human Service Professionals
by Christiana Bratiotis, PhD, LCSW, Cristina Sorrentino Schmalisch, PhD, and Gail Steketee, PhD
- Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring (Therapist Guide)
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Treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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- The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder
by Katharine A. Phillips, MD - Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Treatment Manual
by David Veale and Fugen Neziroglu
- The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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Treatment of Scrupulosity
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- The Doubting Disease Help for Scrupulosity and Religious Compulsions
by Joseph W. Ciarrocchi, PhD
- The Doubting Disease Help for Scrupulosity and Religious Compulsions
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Treatment of Hypochondriasis
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- Treatment of Health Anxiety and Hypochondriasis: A Biopsychosocial Approach
by Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD and Autumn E. Braddock
- Treatment of Health Anxiety and Hypochondriasis: A Biopsychosocial Approach
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Treating Impulse Control Disorders
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- Impulse Control Disorders
Elias Aboujaoude, MD (Editor) and Lorrin M. Koran, MD (Editor)
- Impulse Control Disorders
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Treatment of Asperger's Syndrome & OCD
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- Stuck: Asperger’s Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors
by Jonathan Hoffman, PhD
- Stuck: Asperger’s Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors
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Multimedia
DVDs
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- UNSTUCK: An OCD Kids Move
- Treating the Severe OCD Client (part of the Strategic Treatment of Anxiety Disorders 5-part video series)
with Reid Wilson, PhD - Engaging the Ambivalent OCD Client (part of the Strategic Treatment of Anxiety Disorders 5-part video series)
with Reid Wilson, PhD - The Touching Tree
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Multimedia Kits
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- Information About Compulsive Hoarding (DVD)
by Renae Reinardy, PsyD, LP - Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Manual (CD-ROM and Manual)
by Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD
- Information About Compulsive Hoarding (DVD)
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