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Compañeros de cuarto Novela Foust, Traci Mental health Mental illness Mental illness Fiction Obsessive-compulsive disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder in adolescence Patients Biography Obsessive-compulsive disorder Patients Biography Roommates Tourette syndrome Patients Biography Trastorno obsesivo compulsivo NovelaFoust, Traci.
Summary: Memoir of a woman's struggles growing up with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FOUST, TRACI FOUCooke, Pan
Summary: "A memoir of living with OCD before and after diagnosis"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COOMaloney, Beth Alison.
Summary: The summer before entering sixth grade, Sammy, a bright and charming boy, suddenly began to exhibit disturbing behaviors. His mother, Beth, already overwhelmed by the responsibility of raising three sons alone, watched helplessly as her middle child descended into madness. Sammy was soon diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and later with Tourette syndrome. Unwilling to accept the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MALONEY, BETH ALISON MALPatterson, James
Summary: Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Large Print 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 616.8 PATPatterson, James
Summary: Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 616.8 PatteKatzenstein, Jason
Summary: Visually engaging illustrations and comic text by the New Yorker cartoonist describe his life struggle with OCD and daily efforts to feel comfortable in the world and carve out a less-limited life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.852 KATSummary: Dina's getting married in a few weeks and there's still so much to do. She has to move her boyfriend, Scott, from his parents' house to her apartment, and settle him in to only the second home he's ever had, all while juggling his schedule as an early morning Walmart door greeter. She has to get her dress, confirm arrangements with the venue, and make peace with her family, who remain nervous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Orchard 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DINDotson, Alison.
Summary: Uses the author's own experiences with obsessive-compulsive disorder to discuss the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of OCD, and includes advice on finding help and living a fuller, happier life with the disorder.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Publishing 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.8 DOTTraig, Jennifer.
Summary: A woman who suffered from an undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder in her childhood recounts how her drive for perfection and incessant hand-washing rituals compromised her daily life and strained her relationship with her parents.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRAIG, JENNIFER TRABritz, Allison
Summary: "A brave teen recounts her debilitating struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder--and brings readers through every painful step as she finds her way to the other side--in this powerful and inspiring memoir. Until sophomore year of high school, fifteen-year-old Allison Britz lived a comfortable life in an idyllic town. She was a dedicated student with tons of extracurricular activities,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 BRINavarro, Elvira
Summary: Is literature a kind of therapy -- or is therapy a type of literature? Eliza tries to overcome her fears arising from the oddities of modern life through these two concepts. She is an editor for a large publishing group who often delays payments, forcing her to share her apartment with a strange woman who appears to have no past, which causes Eliza to obsess about knowing it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Literatura Random House 2014