Wasatch County Library

Examines the anxiety disorder known as Obsessive-compulsive disorder, its diagnosis, the challenges of living with it and its treatment options.

"Addie loves nothing more than curling up on the couch with her dog, Duck, and watching The Great British Baking Show with her mom. It's one of the few things that can help her relax when her OCD kicks into overdrive. She counts everything. All the time. She can't stop. Rituals and rhythms. It's exhausting. When Fitz was diagnosed with schizophrenia, he named the voices in his head after famous country singers. The adolescent psychiatric ward at...

A teenage girl must grapple with her agoraphobia as romance blossoms with her new neighbor in this YA novel—"a poignant work, infused with humor" (School Library Journal).
Seventeen-year-old Norah Dean hasn't left the house in years. Her agoraphobia and OCD are so intense that when groceries are left on the porch, she can't even step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He's sweet and funny,...

A self-treatment program for obsessive-compulsive disorder features a drug-free, brain metabolic behavioral therapy.

Looks "inside the lives of people whose inability to part with their belongings is so out of control that they are on the verge of a personal crisis. Whether they're facing eviction, the loss of their children, jail time, or divorce, these hoarders are desperately in need of help."Each of these episodes "follows two people struggling to overcome their compulsive behavior while experts work to put them on the road to recovery." Includes never-before-broadcast...

A girl confined to a wheelchair by cerebral palsy and a boy stymied by an obsessive-compulsive disorder are assigned to spend time together in what becomes a blossoming friendship that neither expected.

"Quichotte, an aging traveling salesman obsessed with the "unreal real" of TV, falls in impossible love with a queen of the screen; while obsessively writing her love letters, he wishes an imaginary son, Sancho, into existence. Together they set off across America in Quichotte's trusty Chevy Cruze to find her and convince her of his love. Meanwhile, Quichotte's tragicomic story is being told by the author who created him: Brother, a mediocre spy novelist...

"Isaac is a shy boy with OCD, but one day at school he meets new friends who introduce him to role-playing games, which lead him on a journey of self-discovery and growth"--

"Dr. Eric Parrish is the Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital outside of Philadelphia. Recently separated from his wife Alice, he is doing his best as a single Dad to his seven-year-old daughter Hannah. His work seems to be going better than his home life, however. His unit at the hospital has just been named number two in the country and Eric has a devoted staff of doctors and nurses who are as caring as Eric is. But when he...

Seventeen-year-old Charlie is frustrated with her parents and bored with her life. Enter Sarah, a confident and charismatic new transfer student imbued with an intoxicating air of boldness and danger. The two form an instant connection, but this intimacy also triggers feelings of jealousy and anger, setting them on a dangerous trajectory towards an inevitable yet unforseen collapse.