From the Book - Updated edition.
Uncertainty: the core of OCD
Causes of OCD: biology and learning, not biology vs. learning
Obsessions and compulsions: what sufferers fear and what sufferers do
Understanding the role of medication
Accepting uncertainty: your first step
Exposure and response prevention: the B in cognitive behavioral therapy
Tools to counter the voice of OCD: the C in cognitive behavioral therapy
Designing your recovery program
Contamination: the obsession that spreads
Checking: the pervasive compulsion
Ordering, symmetry, counting, and movement: rituals of perfection and magic
Primary mental obsessions: it really is all in your mind
Selected obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders: OCD problems with another name
Building supports for recovery: beyond exposure and response prevention