Psychology / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney

Pioneering research psychologist Roy F. Baumeister collaborates with New York Times science writer John Tierney to revolutionize our understanding of the most coveted human virtue: self-control. Drawing on cutting-edge...

The Digital Diet: The 4-step plan to break your tech addiction and regain balance in your life

by Daniel Sieberg

We all know someone who needs a digital diet.

Technology has overwhelmed our daily lives to the point of constant distraction. Many of us can no longer focus on a single task or face-to-face conversation without...

Addiction to Love: Overcoming Obsession and Dependency in Relationships

by Susan Peabody

Love addiction manifests in many forms, from Fatal Attraction-type obsessive lust to less extreme but nonetheless psychologically and emotionally harmful forms. The most common of these is staying in a bad relationship...

Helping the Addict You Love: The New Effective Program for Getting the Addict Into Treatment

by M.D., Laurence Westreich

It's okay to love them. It's your right to help them.

Addiction destroys people and can even end lives. When you know or suspect that someone you love is suffering from addiction you have two goals: getting...

The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts

by Lee Baer

In The Imp of the Mind, a leading expert on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder explores the hidden epidemic that afflicts millions of Americans.

In the first book to fully examine obsessive bad thoughts, Dr. Lee Baer...

Getting Control (Revised Edition)

by Lee Baer

Six million Americans suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and they know firsthand the often devastating effects it has on their lives. Some symptoms, such as the nagging feeling you have left the...

Triggered

by Fletcher Wortmann

***AS FEATURED ON NPR’S TALK OF THE NATION***

Imagine the worst thing in the world. Picture it. Construct it, carefully and deliberately in your mind. Be careful not to omit anything. Imagine it happening to...

Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things

by Prof. Gail Steketee & Prof. Randy Frost

A thoughtfully researched and fascinating appraisal of what happens when our stuff starts to own us

What possesses someone to save every scrap of paper that’s ever come into his home? What compulsions drive...

How to Go to Therapy: Making the Most of Professional Help

by Carl Sherman

How do you choose among hundreds of available therapies—offered by psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and counselors—to help you conquer painful feelings, unbearable anxiety, dysfunctional relationships,...