obsessive-compulsive disorder

"Consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off, a girl coping with Purely-Obsessional OCD learns to accept herself and take control of her life through her experiences in poetry club"--Provided by publisher.

Fifth-grader Kat Greene is struggling with her boy-crazy best friend, her lame role in the production of Harriet the Spy at her progressive New York City school, and her mother's preoccupation with cleanliness--a symptom of her worsening obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Examines the science behind both mild and extreme compulsive behavior, using case studies to understand its deeper meaning and reveal the truth about human compulsion.

Traci Foust provides a memoir of her childhood, in which she outlines her struggles with OCD and the problems it caused. Foust details the "treatments" she thought would help until she finally managed find real help as an adult and return to the path of normalcy.

Explains what obsessive-compulsive disorder is, what causes it, how it affects daily life, possible treatments, and how people overcome it or learn to live with it.

"Consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off, a girl coping with Purely-Obsessional OCD learns to accept herself and take control of her life through her experiences in poetry club"--Provided by publisher.

Greg is painfully shy, obsessed with "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and suffers from a severe lisp. Under the encouragement of his English teacher, Miss Hayes, who sees something special in Greg, he begins keeping a journal. And befriending a girl named Alice may force him to face his most paralyzing fears.

Seventeen-year-old Kendall, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, lives with her parents on a potato farm in a tiny community in Montana, where two teenagers go missing within months of each other, with no explanation.

Will teenaged Norah, who is struggling with agoraphobia and OCD, accept that she could be the right one for sweet, funny Luke?.

A thirteen-year-old boy's life revolves around hiding his obsessive compulsive disorder until a girl at school, who is unkindly nicknamed Psycho Sara, notices him for the first time and he gets a mysterious note that changes everything.