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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...

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Main Author: Deane, Ruth, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.
Subjects:
Deane, Ruth, > 1971- > Mental health.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder > Patients > Biography.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Compulsive Personality Disorder
Biography
Autobiography
autobiographies (literary genre)
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:1846420970
9781846420979
9781843103332
1843103338
1280261994
9781280261992
9786610261994
6610261997
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Muck and dirt
  • Vomit
  • Is it, or isn't it?
  • A sink at the altar
  • Best before-- never!
  • Sunday diver
  • The hypnotic world of false memory
  • Basic concern
  • Psychiatric department
  • Admitting myself
  • Crisp white sheets
  • Humble pie
  • Living again
  • Onwards and upwards.

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