Book

Can't just stop : an investigation of compulsions

Call Number

  • 616.85227 B4177 (CEN)

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Edition

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publication Information

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.

Physical Description

vi, 296 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

Examines the science behind both mild and extreme compulsive behavior, using case studies to understand its deeper meaning and reveal the truth about human compulsion.

Notes

Includes index (pages 283-295)

Contents

  • What is a compulsion?
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or, Is Fred in the refrigerator?
  • With treatment, from blood in a snowbank to Hollywood
  • In the shadow of OCD: carrying conscientiousness too far
  • Video games
  • Smartphones and the Web
  • Compulsions past
  • Compulsive hoarding
  • Compulsive acquiring, or, I'll take two
  • Compelled to do good
  • The compulsive brain.

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