TY  - BOOK
AU  - Deane,Ruth
TI  - Washing my life away: surviving obsessive-compulsive disorder 
SN  - 1846420970
AV  - RC533 .D43 2005eb
U1  - 362.196/85227/0092B 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London, Philadelphia
PB  - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
KW  - Deane, Ruth,
KW  - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW  - Patients
KW  - Biography
KW  - Deane, Ruth
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Nervous System (incl. Brain)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Social Scientists & Psychologists
KW  - Mental health
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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 account she shares her own experience as an OCD sufferer, from the first innocuous signs of onset to the devastating effect of the condition on her relationships with her family and friends, her self-esteem and her marriage. Ruth Deane takes the reader on a moving, honest and at times light-hearted jour
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