Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Plume) [Paperback]

Lee Baer (Author), Judith L. Rapoport (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: Plume | Publication Date: July 1, 1992

"Getting Control" is the first treatment guide designed around the powerful, clinically proven techniques of behavior therapy. Harvard Medical School professor Lee Baer's step-by-step plan helps OCD victims assess symptoms, set realistic goals, and create specific therapeutic exercises for themselves. Her offers advice on more intensive professional therapy and the latest advances in medications, and draws on fascinating case studies to show how others have learned to master their fears and take charge of their lives. With compassion and wisdom, Dr. Baer provides crucial information for sufferers.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Sincerity and hopefulness distinguish this informative examination of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Lee Baer, Ph.D., is an internationally known expert in the treatment of OCD and related disorders. He is an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and the director of research at the OCD unit at Massachusetts General Hospital as well as the OCD Institute at McLean Hospital. Dr. Baer is the coeditor of the leading textbook on OCD, now in its third edition. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Plume; First Edition edition (July 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452268893
• ISBN-13: 978-0452268890
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,254,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He did it again!, August 1, 2000

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L. M. Boilard (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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I must admit I was skeptical when I started reading Dr. Baers revised edition of Getting Control. How can a book like this possibly get better? But it truly does. He has a lot more NEW information on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

As a sufferer of OCD, the first book was a life saver. This book gave me even more useful information and self help skills. I especially liked the new theory on thought stopping. He covers all the new medications approved for OCD. And other that are not approved but are showing promise. He covers the anxiety that comes with OCD and how to control it. There is more real life patient stories. That I could identify with. He even includes his e-mail address in case you would like to contact him! Again, Dr. Baur's true concern and compassion for his patients suffering shines through. This is a truly wonderful and extremly helpful book!

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful and amazing book, February 5, 2001

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This review is from: Getting Control (Paperback)

This book -- and a similar one by Joseph Ciarrochi called "The Doubting Disease" -- helped turn my life around when I was deep under with OCD. Now I am so much better, and I am forever grateful. If you have OCD then don't waste your life not reading this book.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars more helpful for some than for others, August 21, 2005

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This review is from: Getting Control (Paperback)

This is a very good book for people suffering from compulsions--actual physical rituals such as handwashing, for example--but is less helpful for people suffering from "pure obsessions"--that is, ruminations without overt compulsions. A number of recent books address "pure obsessions" much better than this one.