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Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.85227
EAN: 9780060987114
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0060987111
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: March 12, 1997
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: January 31, 1997
Studio: Harper Perennial
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Editorial Review:
An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over. Traditionally, OCD has been treated with Prozac or similar drugs. The problem with medication, aside from its cost, is that 30 percent of people treated don't respond to it, and when the pills stop, the symptoms invariably return.
In Brain Lock, Jeffrey M. Schwartz presents a simple four-step method for overcoming OCD that is so effective, it's now used in academic treatment centers throughout the world. Proven by brain-imaging tests to actually alter the brain's chemistry, this method doesn't rely on psychopharmaceuticals. Instead, patients use cognitive self-therapy and behavior modification to develop new patterns of response to their obsessions. In essence, they use the mind to fix the brain. Using the real-life stories of actual patients, Brain Lock explains this revolutionary method and provides readers with the inspiration and tools to free themselves from their psychic prisons and regain control of their lives.
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Rating:  - Unlocking OCD
This is one of several recent good books on OCD. Incidentally they all seem to think the disorder is new to psychiatry and complain of patients having previously been misdiagnosed and mistreated, I think Foa and Foa's book is about the best in general as a self-help book. This is very well written, with Beverly Beyette named as a ghost. There are very long and detailed case histories, which are intensely readable just as stories. Schwartz emphasizes the possibility of an organic etiology. The explanation ... Read More
Rating:  - The book that nails it.
This book saved my life. The principles explained here, properly understood and applied, will lead you down the path of recovery from ocd.
You must fully and deeply understand what Dr. Schwartz is saying! A cursory read is not enough. I would highly recommend his audio cd from 2001 entitled "progressive mindfulness" to go along with this book.
As a lifelong sufferer of ocd, this book unlocked the door and my brain.
Thank you Dr. Schwartz!
Rating: - Helped us UNLOCK!
Is easy to read and understand---difficult subject. Have passed the book on to friends with family members with OCD. Always a good sign when a book gets passed on.
Rating: - Brain Lock - A Potential way forward.
Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
We purchased this book to assist a friend who is very debilitated by the effects of OCD. The book takes a detailed look at what is happening, research into the causes and a system for reducing the effects of OCD, all interlaced with case studies illustrating the differing courses the illness takes. The system advocated is based on considerable research and portrays positive ways forward for people who may otherwise find it almost impossible. ... Read More
Rating: - Brain unlocked!
Reading this book has confirmed to me that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is certainly the best way to reduce the obsessions and compulsions associated with OCD. As a sufferer for many years I found this book to be very helpful and although it may not be a quick-fix it has definitely helped me and has made me more open to the prospect of engaging in CBT with a trained therapist. My only complaint, if you can call it that, is that I would have valued more case studies that described more examples of how someone ... Read More
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