obsessive-compulsive disorder

Country pop singer Kayleigh Towne, having had an innocent exchange signed XO with fan Edwin Sharp, finds herself the target of his obsession, and, when an accident occurs at the concert hall where Kayleigh is rehearsing, the tension escalates. Soon a member of the road crew is murdered and California Bureau of Investigation agent Kathryn Dance, who is also Kayleigh's friend, investigates using her body-language analysis skills to catch the killer.

Obsessive-compulsive Grace Lisa Vandenburg counts everything, a habit that has alienated her from most of her family and put her on disability from her teaching job--due to a former student's parents claim that she was insane--but she never counted on meeting Seamus Joseph O'Reilly at the caf?.

Discusses the features of obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and panic, and teaches how to control these behaviors using cognitive therapy and self-help techniques.

Throughout her childhood, Melie believes her mother is two people, Rosy Mother and Dark Mother, and she performs more and more rituals to keep Dark Mother away as she reaches adolescence, when she begins to realize that her mother is mentally ill and that Melie may be, as well.

Fred and Anthony, followed from the Netherworld by a mild-mannered ghost, plan to use their new companion to scare their history teacher into never assigning a stupid project again, but they are distracted from their original plan by the offer of a reward for the capture of a ghost with Obsessive-Compulsive Super-Degerm-O disorder--an affliction that causes the ghoul to scour houses and steal cleaning products.

Realizing that his OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) is out of control, seventeen-year-old Chuck Taylor, who wants to win his best friend back and impress a new girl at school, tries to break some hardcore habits, face his demons--and get messy.

Tells the true story of Cory Friedman and his thirteen-year battle with Tourette syndrome, numerous medications and treatments, and his family's determination to find help for their son.

The author discusses her troubled and somewhat bizarre childhood, her undiagnosed struggles with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and her introduction to a set of religious rules she hadn't known existed before.

Thirty-four-year-old store clerk Diana McBride's life takes an abrupt turn when she encounters pregnant teenager Jamie Ramierez.

Discusses the phenomenon of compulsive gambling among teenagers, how to recognize the signs of addiction, and steps that can be taken to deal with this problem.