by Judith L. Rapoport · Editions Odile Jacob · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782738105837
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«Le garçon qui n'arrêtait pas de se laver» is the essay by psychiatrist Judith Rapoport on OCD, in paperback.
At fourteen, Charles spends more than three hours a day showering and another two getting dressed due to obsessive-compulsive disorder. The book gathers testimonies from patients who describe how they live their rituals in secret and offers an exploration of the possible origins of OCD and the treatments that were then beginning to develop.
French edition of 1998 published in the Opus collection by Odile Jacob, with translation by Catherine Rouslin; it originally appeared in English in 1989 as «The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing».
For readers of psychology, mental health, and psychiatric popular science interested in real testimonies about OCD.
