By John S. March With Christine M. Benton

No one wants to get rid of obsessive-compulsive disorder more than someone who has it. That's why Talking Back to OCD puts kids and teens in charge. Dr. John March's eight-step program has already helped thousands of young people show the disorder that it doesn't call the shots—they do. This uniquely designed volume is really two books in one. Each chapter begins with a section that helps kids and teens zero in on specific problems and develop skills they can use to tune out obsessions and resist compulsions. The pages that follow show parents how to be supportive without getting in the way. The next time OCD butts in, your family will be prepared to boss back—and show an unwelcome visitor to the door.

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Book of Merit

Table of Contents

Introduction
I. Up Close But Not So Personal: A New Look at OCD for Parents (and Kids)

1. What Is OCD?

2. What Does OCD Look Like?

3. What Causes OCD?

4. How Is OCD Treated?

II. Eight Steps for Getting Rid of Obsessions and Compulsions

5. Step 1: What Kind of Treatment Is This, Anyway?

Step 1: Instructions for Parents

6. Step 2: Talking Back to OCD

Step 2: Instructions for Parents

7. Step 3: Making a Map

Step 3: Instructions for Parents

8. Step 4: Finishing My Toolkit

Step 4: Instructions for Parents

9. Step 5: Beginning to Resist

Step 5: Instructions for Parents

10. Step 6: I'm in Charge Now

Step 6: Instructions for Parents

11. Step 7: Eliminating OCD Everywhere

Step 7: Instructions for Parents

12. Step 8: Keeping OCD Away for Good

Step 8: Instructions for Parents

Summaries of the Steps

How to Find a Therapist

Resources

Appendix: Scales, Checklists, and Other Forms

John S. March, MD, MPH, is former Director of the Division of Neurosciences Medicine at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He has extensive experience developing and testing treatments for pediatric mental disorders and has published widely on obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and pediatric psychopharmacology.