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Recommended BEST books on OCD for patients

Obsessive compulsive disorder written on different colored reminder tabs


Here are some self-help books for persons suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that have been highly recommended. We should consider recommending one or more of these books to our patients.

The best books are listed below under the following categories:

1. OCD in adults

2. OCD in children and adolescents

3. Perfectionism

4. Hoarding

Please let us know your thoughts about these and other self-help books for OCD under “Leave a Reply” at the bottom of this page. Thanks in advance for your input!



OCD in adults

Treating Your OCD with Exposure and Response (Ritual) Prevention Therapy: Workbook

Treating Your OCD with Exposure and Response (Ritual) Prevention Therapy, 2nd Edition

By Elna Yadin, Edna B. Foa, and Tracey K. Lichner

Recommended by APA Practice Guideline Watch (2013)

For Simple and Practical Medical Education‘s interview with Dr. Elna Yadin, co-author of this book, please see the following page on this website: OCD: Interview with Elna Yadin, PhD


Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life (The Guilford Self-Help Workbook Series)

Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life, 2nd Edition

By Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD

Recommended by Elna Yadin, PhD, and by the American Psychiatric Association’s Practice Guideline Watch (2013)


Coping with OCD: Practical Strategies for Living Well with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder book

Coping with OCD: Practical Strategies for Living Well with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

By Bruce M. Hyman, PhD, LCSW, and Troy Dufrene

Recommended by Elna Yadin, PhD, and by the American Psychiatric Association’s Practice Guideline Watch (2013)


obsessive compulsive disorder OCD the A fact series book

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (The Facts Series), 4th Edition

By Stanley Rachman and Padmal de Silva

Recommended by the American Psychiatric Association’s Practice Guideline Watch (2013)


Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition- Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior book

Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

By Jeffrey M. Schwartz, MD, and Beverly Beyette


Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques

Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques

By David Veale, Rob Willson, and Alex Clarke

Recommended by APA Practice Guideline Watch (2013)


When in Doubt, Make Belief: An OCD-Inspired Approach to Living with Uncertainty book

When in Doubt, Make Belief: An OCD-Inspired Approach to Living with Uncertainty

By Jeff Bell and Michael Jenike, MD

Recommended by the American Psychiatric Association’s Practice Guideline Watch (2013)



OCD in children and adolescents

Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say "No Way" -- and Parents Say "Way to Go" book

Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say “No Way” — and Parents Say “Way to Go”

By John S. March, MD and Christine M. Benton


Free from OCD: A Workbook for Teens with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Free from OCD: A Workbook for Teens with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

By Timothy A. Sisemore, PhD

Recommended by Ruth Rosenberg, MD



Perfectionism

When Perfect Isn't Good Enough: Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism book

When Perfect Isn’t Good Enough: Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism, 2nd Edition

By Martin M. Antony, PhD, and Richard P. Swinson MD

Recommended by Elna Yadin, PhD, and by the American Psychiatric Association’s Practice Guideline Watch (2013)



Hoarding

Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding (Treatments That Work) book

Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding, 2nd Edition

By David Tolin, Randy Frost and Gail Steketee

Recommended by Elna Yadin, PhD, and by the American Psychiatric Association’s Practice Guideline Watch (2013)


Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things book

Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things

By Randy Frost and Gail Steketee

Recommended by the American Psychiatric Association’s Practice Guideline Watch (2013)


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References

American Psychiatric Association. Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association, 2007. Available online at http://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/ocd.pdf. Guideline Watch (2013) available at http://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/ocd-watch.pdf


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