PARENTING OCD; Acknowledgements; About the Book; Introduction; Chapter 1. OCD Warning Signs and Getting a Diagnosis; Chapter 2. Therapy: Different Types, What Happens in Therapy and Beyond; Chapter 3. Medication; Chapter 4. When Initial Treatments Don't Help; Chapter 5. School. Educating the Educators; Chapter 6. The Changing Nature of OCD; Chapter 7. Tears, Tantrums and Other Outbursts; Chapter 8. The Rest of the Family; Chapter 9. Things I've Learned to Help Me Cope; Chapter 10. Common and Not So Common Obsessions and Compulsions; Chapter 11. Related Conditions: Other Nasties in OCD's Gang.
OCD Resources and websitesBlank Page; Index.
Summary
A must-read for any parent or carer of an OCD child, Sanders talks with honesty and humour about her son's illness, providing practical advice and insight. She covers everything from getting a diagnosis and what to expect in therapy, to how to cope with panic attacks, how it might affect the rest of your family and how you might feel as a parent.