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Obsessive Compulsions : The OCD of Everyday Life.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (426 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781784509057
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Obsessive CompulsionsDDC classification:
  • 616.85227
LOC classification:
  • RC533 .G835 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Obsessive Compulsions - The OCD of Everyday Life, by C. Thomas Gualtieri, MD -- Introduction -- 1. The Great Detectives -- 2. What, If Anything, Is OC? -- 3. The Problem with Types -- 4. The Banana-Man -- 5. The Count -- 6. The Habit System, Oppressed -- 7. Fussy Men and Women -- 8. Dirt Is Good for You -- 9. How to Avoid Death by Poisoning -- 10. Controlling Men -- 11. Amygdalomania -- 12. Brain Control -- 13. Controlling Children -- 14. The Art of Detection -- 15. An Active Mind Is Its Own Reward -- 16. The OC Loop or OC Circuit -- 17. Aspergerites -- 18. Theory of Autism -- 19. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon -- 20. Indolent Men -- 21. Zero Point Zero -- 22. An Active Mind Can Be Distracting -- 23. The Narcissism Epidemic -- 24. OC and the Future of the Race -- References -- Subject Index.
Summary: Combining up-to-date science with anecdotal witticisms, this groundbreaking book explores obsessive-compulsive traits. It looks at the cause of these traits in the brain, and how we can manage them day-to-day. Discussing the link between brain evolution and obsessive traits, this is a highly insightful and original look into common compulsions.
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Intro -- Obsessive Compulsions - The OCD of Everyday Life, by C. Thomas Gualtieri, MD -- Introduction -- 1. The Great Detectives -- 2. What, If Anything, Is OC? -- 3. The Problem with Types -- 4. The Banana-Man -- 5. The Count -- 6. The Habit System, Oppressed -- 7. Fussy Men and Women -- 8. Dirt Is Good for You -- 9. How to Avoid Death by Poisoning -- 10. Controlling Men -- 11. Amygdalomania -- 12. Brain Control -- 13. Controlling Children -- 14. The Art of Detection -- 15. An Active Mind Is Its Own Reward -- 16. The OC Loop or OC Circuit -- 17. Aspergerites -- 18. Theory of Autism -- 19. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon -- 20. Indolent Men -- 21. Zero Point Zero -- 22. An Active Mind Can Be Distracting -- 23. The Narcissism Epidemic -- 24. OC and the Future of the Race -- References -- Subject Index.

Combining up-to-date science with anecdotal witticisms, this groundbreaking book explores obsessive-compulsive traits. It looks at the cause of these traits in the brain, and how we can manage them day-to-day. Discussing the link between brain evolution and obsessive traits, this is a highly insightful and original look into common compulsions.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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