TY  - BOOK
AU  - Greist,John H.
AU  - Greist,John H.
AU  - Jefferson,James W.
TI  - Obsessive-compulsive disorder casebook
SN  - 0880487291 (alk. paper)
U1  - WM 176 O143 1995 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - American Psychiatric Press
KW  - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW  - Diagnosis
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
KW  - diagnosis
KW  - case studies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and indexes; Contents

Introduction. 

1. Case presentations1-6
How do I know it is normal? 
The wastebasket apartment. 
Destructive compulsions. 
The shoplifter. 
Shut out of her home. 
Out of kilter. 

2. Case presentations 7-12
Multiple complaints. 
A nervous wreck. 
Losing weight. 
The man with hypochondriacal complaints. 
A problem of church and state. 
Bad people. 

3. Case presentations 13-18
A counting nightmare. 
A diagnostic dilemma. 
A conflict with society. 
A potpourri of problems. 
The anxious perfectionist. 
Mark's story. 

4. Case presentations 19-24
Like mother, like daughter. 
Mentally ill. 
Concerns about safety. 
The man with thoughts of sex and aggression. 
Delusions. Too many zits. 

5. Case presentations 25-30
The boy who turned right. 
Fearing the menstrual flow. 
The family held hostage. 
The chemistry teacher. 
The redhead. 
John's story. 

6. Case presentations 31-36
Compulsive cutting. 
Shopping for number 4. 
Scatologically scared. 
The girl who couldn't stop spitting. 
Fat or thin?-that is the question. 
Obsessed with OCD. 

7. Case presentations 37-42
Panic in the sealed room. 
"I love him-I love him not". 
OCD in the guise of alcohol abuse. 
A case of schizophrenia. 
The epileptic adolescent with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. 
Mother's backache reveals the patient with OCD. 

8.Case presentations 43-48
The circumnavigator. 
His family's shame. 
The man who feared particles. 
Checking for tics. 
Hoarding and the birth of a child. 
Are they laughing at me? 

9.Case presentations 49-54
Obsessed with the departed. 
The man who couldn't stop calling. 
The law-and-order student. 
Obsessed with hunger. 
He sinned in his heart. 
Stuck on his tics. 

10. Case presentations 55-60
The boy who would not behave. 
Obsessed with her fears. 
The boy who collected soda cans. 
The roots of her problems. 
Rituals in her mind. 
The scent of obsession. 

Afterword. 
Further reading
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