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A school psychologist has been living a great life-his personal and professional adventures are fulfilling, and he believes only blue skies are on the horizon. And then, while enjoying a do-it-yourself project, he is stricken abruptly with bizarre and painful intrusive thoughts he's never known before. Unable to find relief, he sees a psychiatrist and then volunteers to enter a mental health clinic. He is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). More than regaining control over his own mental health, he sets out on a path to change the way society perceives OCD and treats it. He…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
A school psychologist has been living a great life-his personal and professional adventures are fulfilling, and he believes only blue skies are on the horizon. And then, while enjoying a do-it-yourself project, he is stricken abruptly with bizarre and painful intrusive thoughts he's never known before. Unable to find relief, he sees a psychiatrist and then volunteers to enter a mental health clinic. He is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). More than regaining control over his own mental health, he sets out on a path to change the way society perceives OCD and treats it. He connects with a neurosurgeon, and their work together has a significant impact on the treatment of OCD worldwide. Researcher Cal Richard wrote the novel Curing the OCD Mind for those suffering from this cruel and disabling mental disorder, but also health care professionals working with them-psychiatrists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, neurosurgeons, primary care physicians, clinicians, counselors, K-12 educators, therapists, and OCD foundations. Richard hopes this unique approach-fiction built on over four decades of study-will help convey the book's message perhaps even more than a purely academic book would. He believes that the current treatment for OCD is flawed, offering false hope, and he hopes Curing the OCD Mind will show just that: that OCD isn't just manageable but curable.
Autorenporträt
Cal Richard is a US Navy Veteran, having served as a helicopter aircrewman aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid. He is a retired attorney and has teaching and administrative experience at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. He also taught business law at the college level. For over four decades, Cal has studied obsessive-compulsive disorder and the manner in which it is currently treated. He has met with psychiatrists, other mental health professionals, and OCD victims, and has acquired a comprehensive knowledge of the complexities of the mental disorder. Cal has two adult sons and lives in Arizona with his wife.