OCD: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (The New Harbinger Guides for the Newly Diagnosed Series)

New Harbinger Guides for the Newly Diagnosed Series

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In this book, readers will deal with the myriad questions that arise in the wake of an ADD diagnosis: Should you tell people at work?

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What are you supposed to do to treat it? Does an ADD diagnosis mean you're damaged or flawed? Who else has this disorder? Can you still have a family, friends, a job, and a normal life? Books in the Newly Diagnosed series help readers not only understand the disorder and its treatment, but also help them find social support, work with a treatment team, decide who to tell about the diagnosis, and cope with the feelings they may have about the diagnosis itself.

This book ensures that readers have all the tools they need to process the diagnosis in the healthiest way possible. After receiving a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder ADD , you may feel relieved to finally have an explanation for your symptoms, but also concerned and full of questions about the future. What are the best ways to get your symptoms under control? And-wait a minute-there can be good things about having ADD?

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A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed , an ADD specialist who has the disorder herself answers these questions and offers all the tools and information you need to process the diagnosis, learn about medications, and decide which treatments are the best options for you. This pocket guide also features a complete list of resources you can use to find support and tips for getting organized and living well with ADD.

The first book in New Harbinger's Newly Diagnosed series, Adult ADD, helpsreaders who have just been diagnosed with adult attention deficit disorder ADD process the diagnosis and gradually work helpful treatments into their lives. The first book in the New Harbingers Newly Diagnosed series, Adult ADD, helps readers who have jsut been diagnosed with adult attention deifit disorder ADD process the diagnosis and gradually work helpful treatments into their lives.

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When someone is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD , chances are they've been living with the symptoms for a long time. Feb 02, Karin rated it really liked it Shelves: Tompkins is writing to those looking for an answer to their strange behaviours and thoughts and also to those who have just been to their doctor and have come away with an unfamiliar diagnosis: Tompkins begins with a clinical definition of OCD and how it differs from other mental illnesses an Dr.

Tompkins begins with a clinical definition of OCD and how it differs from other mental illnesses and from the more common usage of the word obsession, meaning to enjoy very much. He then very briefly lists 3 common types of obsessions: Checking- anything from locked doors to calculations or emails to be sent- is done to make sure things are done correctly. Those with ordering and arranging compulsions will arrange their possessions in a particular way and become very upset should anyone interrupt them.

Still others hoard items.

Not all compulsions are behavioural. Mental acts like repeating a prayer or a mantra can also be done to prevent a feared act from occurring or to bring relief from anxiety, guilt or shame. When the anxiety returns, the same question is asked again and again and again. Once OCD begins there are certain thoughts or events that keep it reccurring. These are known as triggers, faulty thought appraisals and selective attention.

A trigger is a neutral event or thought that leads to an obsessive thought. For example, an approaching bus leads a man with OCD to obsess: Did I push someone under that bus? A woman with OCD might obsess that somehow SHE caused the car accident that killed her mother even though she was nowhere near the scene at the time. Faulty thought appraisals occur when an OCD sufferer decides that a random intrusive thought is in some way significant or revealing. Having a random repugnant sexual thought is interpreted to mean that they are sick or weird. Having a thought cross their mind about harming someone must mean that they are evil and disgusting.

Other irrational beliefs held by people with OCD include: Tompkins states that once a thought is earmarked as threatening a person pays greater attention to it. Since the mind has the ability to create these feared thoughts and images, voila, you find them.

Another problem is that although the compulsion may reduce anxiety, guilt or shame, this is only temporary. Over time this works less and less well so the person often needs to do their compulsion longer or add more features to it.

Tompkins admits that getting a correct diagnosis of OCD can be an ordeal due to lack of knowledge on the part of the professionals. A formal diagnosis can also help family and friends understand the problem better. He then walks the reader through the diagnostic process. Then is the time to seek treatment. Tompkins provides a list of questions to ask prospective therapists.

OCD: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (The New Harbinger Guides for the Newly Diagnosed Series)

He does not minimize the hard work the client needs to do. He also evaluates the pros and cons of attempting other medical treatments i. Medication is another step a person just diagnosed with OCD has to address. Tompkins discusses the types of medications, their common side effects and finally the frustrations that can occur while trying various medications until the right one is found.

One of the most important areas of this book is the section on having a recovery attitude after your therapy is over to keep OCD as minimal an intrusion in life as possible. He reminds readers to practice healthy personal care habits: He also gets specific with advice for helping to keep OCD at bay: It is hard to have OCD at home where everything is familiar.

It is harder still to have OCD and go to work or attend school. Tompkins gives Americans their workplace rights and helps the newly diagnosed person decide whether accommodations are needed. He gives examples of what can be done to assist the employee or student wwith OCD in fulfilling his job or school responsibilities. The book also provides a list of US treatment centers and organizations and websites to visit. This book gives any adult the information and understanding necessary to be able to talk to a health practitioner, explain clearly their symptoms and get a formal diagnosis of their illness.

His step by step detailed instruction manual is easy to both understand and put into practise. He alleviates potential fears of treatment and taking medications by explaining the therapeutic and medical offerings available and even evaluates them so readers know which ones to look for and which to avoid. I highly recommend this book to anybody who has been diagnosed with or is close to someone with OCD.

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