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Read Time: ~4.4 hr

The boy who couldn't stop washing

by Judith L. Rapoport (1989)

About this book

Up to six million Americans are afflicted with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a serious, emotionally crippling disease. Cleaning, counting, washing, checking, avoiding—these are just some of the rituals that sufferers are powerless to stop. Now an expert on OCD reveals breakthroughs in diagnosis, successful new behaviorist therapies, drug treatments, and more.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe boy who couldn't stop washing Lead Character

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