Freeing Your Child from Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder
by Tamar Chansky
This wonderful book is for the parent(s) of a child with
OCD. It is both incredibly easy to read and extremely practical
and useful. Chansky does a great job explaining OCD in laymen's
terms and also providing illustrations that capture the essence
of OCD.
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Up and Down the Worry Hill
by Aureen Pinto Wagner, Ph.D
A very simple book for small children. Wagner's main character, Casey, is a young
boy with OCD. He has many different “types” of OCD rituals, such
as checking, counting, and washing. Most children will be able to relate to one
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Kids Like Me
by Constance H. Foster
This very short but informative book essentially contains five short stories
about five children, all with different “types” of OCD. Kids
Like Me is
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The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing
by Dr. Judith Rapoport
Although The Boy Who Couldn't
Stop Washing lacks information about more current research
and medication due to the date of its publication
(1989), the author clearly, and in language the layperson
can understand, outlines evidence supporting the biological
basis of OCD and the effectiveness of CBT and medication
in its treatment.
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