Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
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By: Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Beverly Beyette
Format: Paperback
From: Harper Perennial
Pub. Date: December 1996
From: Harper Perennial
Pub. Date: December 1996
Product Details:
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 1997-01-31
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 256
Ean: 9780060987114
Isbn: 0060987111
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 1997-01-31
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 256
Ean: 9780060987114
Isbn: 0060987111
ABOUT THE BOOK
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.
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.
USER REVIEWS
"A really clear layman's view of OCD and other neurological issues. I found it very helpful"
~ Written on 2008-10-12
~ Written on 2008-10-12
"This book provided my son with the hope and steps he needed to be healed of OCD. We read others, but it was simple enough for this 6th grader to understand with the consistant help of his parents. We practiced each step until there were no more symptoms. Our healthy, bright, social boy was back. It took several months. We were very thankful. "
~ Written on 2008-08-17
~ Written on 2008-08-17
"After years of psychotherapy and countless medication changes I found it a losing battle that seemed to have no end. My psychiatrist had moved out of town and I was assigned a new psychiatrist. At our first meeting she suggested I sounded like I had OCD. Being that everyone claims to have OCD I was initially thinking "oh great another meaningless diagnosis". She then referred me to a specialist that treats OCD. The specialist recommended this book to me along with the OCD Workbook.
As soon as I opened this book up I saw that 99% of my problem was in-fact OCD. I have what is called "Pure-O". It means that all of the compulsions and obsessions go on in my head. I dont need to constantly touch things or do rituals other than ones I do in my head like saying repeated mantras.
This simple fact freed me from many of my outlandish obsessions almost immediately! The more subtle ones, however do persist. Realizing that OCD is a physiological and not just a psychological disorder is also empowering.
This book gives 4 simple to understand and perform new rituals that in time actually rewire the brain to some extent. I may never be totally free from OCD, but I will be able to better manage its ravaging nature, and to me makes this one of the best books I have ever read. "
~ Written on 2008-08-05
As soon as I opened this book up I saw that 99% of my problem was in-fact OCD. I have what is called "Pure-O". It means that all of the compulsions and obsessions go on in my head. I dont need to constantly touch things or do rituals other than ones I do in my head like saying repeated mantras.
This simple fact freed me from many of my outlandish obsessions almost immediately! The more subtle ones, however do persist. Realizing that OCD is a physiological and not just a psychological disorder is also empowering.
This book gives 4 simple to understand and perform new rituals that in time actually rewire the brain to some extent. I may never be totally free from OCD, but I will be able to better manage its ravaging nature, and to me makes this one of the best books I have ever read. "
~ Written on 2008-08-05
" Please all of you suffers with OCD read the book Brain Lock and practice the 4 steps. I have suffered with OCD for 30 years. This self help book actually will help you change your brain chemistry. Look, OCD is the great doubting disease. I used to doubt everything about myself.But after I read this book I over came much of the doubt. If your thinking about going on disability because its hard to keep a job then get this book. It was my last chance. This guy Schartwz should be the talking head for OCD. He is one person that when I see God, i will tell God thankyou for giving me Dr. Schwartz."
~ Written on 2008-08-03
~ Written on 2008-08-03
"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 of brain imaging is especially lucid and I found itmore understandable than the original journal articles. It is the only OCD book with an extended discussion of the role of the family as enablers, and I will be recommending it especially to patents' families. There are no references to Internet or NIMH information recources
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~ Written on 2008-07-05
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~ Written on 2008-07-05