Are you living or working with someone who has Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? Perhaps it's your partner or
child; a parent, close friend or work colleague? Diagnosed
as often as diabetes, the condition can lead both sufferers
and those around them to feel isolated. However, you are
not alone. This practical guide enables families, carers
and friends to provide invaluable support for those with
OCD. It aims to inform those living alongside OCD about the
condition and to provide clear and compassionate strategies
for them. With this new understanding, readers will feel
better able to cope better with OCD manifestations.
Commonly-experienced emotions such as bewilderment,
frustration and sadness will gradually subside. The
Essential guide to OCD includes interviews with those at
the rock-face: relatives, friends and colleagues of those
with OCD. The latest medical advances and effective
treatments, such as CBT, are also explored with insight
from mental health professionals.
Helen Poskitt has written a chapter for Taking Control of
OCD on the subject. Her novel, Rising to the Surface
(Chipmunka), featured a heroine with OCD and is currently
being re-issued. The author has spoken at two OCD Action
Conferences; she has also written several blogs for the OCD
Action website.
Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? Perhaps it's your partner or
child; a parent, close friend or work colleague? Diagnosed
as often as diabetes, the condition can lead both sufferers
and those around them to feel isolated. However, you are
not alone. This practical guide enables families, carers
and friends to provide invaluable support for those with
OCD. It aims to inform those living alongside OCD about the
condition and to provide clear and compassionate strategies
for them. With this new understanding, readers will feel
better able to cope better with OCD manifestations.
Commonly-experienced emotions such as bewilderment,
frustration and sadness will gradually subside. The
Essential guide to OCD includes interviews with those at
the rock-face: relatives, friends and colleagues of those
with OCD. The latest medical advances and effective
treatments, such as CBT, are also explored with insight
from mental health professionals.
Helen Poskitt has written a chapter for Taking Control of
OCD on the subject. Her novel, Rising to the Surface
(Chipmunka), featured a heroine with OCD and is currently
being re-issued. The author has spoken at two OCD Action
Conferences; she has also written several blogs for the OCD
Action website.
