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Washing my life away : surviving obsessive-compulsive disorder /
How many of us double check that we really have locked the door or switched off the iron? For some people, such mundane everyday worries can become life-ruining obsessions. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects one in fifty people and one of them was Ruth Deane. In this frank and personal acco...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How many of us double check that we really have locked the door or switched off the iron? For some people, such mundane everyday worries can become life-ruining obsessions. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects one in fifty people and one of them was Ruth Deane. In this frank and personal account she shares her own experience as an OCD sufferer, from the first innocuous signs of onset to the devastating effect of the condition on her relationships with her family and friends, her self-esteem and her marriage. Ruth Deane takes the reader on a moving, honest and at times light-hearted jour. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (95 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1846420970 9781846420979 9781843103332 1843103338 1280261994 9781280261992 9786610261994 6610261997 |