Jeffrey Schwartz, MD is the author of Brain Lock: Free Yourself From Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior. Published in 1996, Brain Lock was the first book to offer a cognitive approach to OCD self-help treatment, in addition to exposure and ritual prevention.
Others with OCD have fears of inadvertently hitting people with their cars. They also have harming obsessions. Lois Pille and Richard Dulude helped viewers understand these symptoms. And Bruce M. Hyman, Ph.D., my coauthor of The OCD Workbook, did an excellent job of illustrating his unique treatment of patients with these symptoms.
The OCD Workbook, Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder offers a step-by-step approach to applying cognitive-behavioral self-help strategies to overcoming OCD. Bruce and I dedicated an entire chapter to "Hit 'n Run" OCD, such as Lois and Richard suffer from.
Read more about the December 2, 1999 20/20 Downtown program at http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020_99... Bruce joined ABCNEWS at the 20/20 website to host a special live online chat about harming obsessions following the program. You can read the chat log at http://www.abcnews.go.com/onair/DailyNew...
I especially liked the closing comments of the chat. Richard said, "All I would tell the audience is to never give up on themselves - and to the families, never give up! Hang in there! Be a great support for them. If you have that, you can come a long way. Seek out good professional help, and it will be a tremendous relief and help. I truly believe that the key thing is to never give up - just always be there - and you will get better, you will get better."
Dr. Hyman said, "With patience, persistence, and proper professional help, OCD can be effectively managed. Sufferers can live successful lives."
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