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

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

Editorial Reviews

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

Product Description
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing brought them to light. Now here is a step-by-step self-help plan for the six million Americans with obsessive-compulsive disorders. In calm, reassuring language, Dr. Baer provides priceless practical guidance for OCD sufferers and their families.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Plume (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: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #359,463 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	L. M. Boilard (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Getting Control (Revised Edition) (Paperback)

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!

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting Control (Revised Edition) (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.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Book that will make your OCD symptoms go away, September 12, 2000

By	chris read (orange, virginia USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Control (Revised Edition) (Paperback)

After reading this book,I practiced some of the anti-OCD methods described in this book,and was quite successful. Baer pulls no punches in this compelling examination of OCD,it's pain,and the methods used in recovering from it. As with Jeffrey Schwartz's Brain Lock,and Judith Rapoport's The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing,it's filled with other Ocd sufferers' experiences,so you won't feel isolated from the rest of the world. The book isn't that long,so you can be on the road to recovery in a few days.