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2009, c2008., Grand Central Pub Call No: HI-INT 616.8 PAT Edition: 1st trade ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows a family's struggle with their son's mysterious medical disorder that induced violent physical tics and prompted traumatic treatments, a situation that also pitted the family against a disheartening medical establishment.
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2010., Little, Brown and Co. Call No: 921 FRIEDMAN Edition: 1st Young Readers e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that it kept getting worse. This is the true story of Cory and his family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a maddening medical establishment.
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2017., Simon Pulse Call No: B Britz Edition: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: The author shares her spiral from popular, active teen to obsessed, social outcast when, at the age of fifteen, her mind became fixated with the idea that she was going to be diagnosed with brain cancer. When her fear became an obsession, life as Allison knew it changed drastically. But when she finally accepted that she needed help and learned she had obsessive-compulsive disorder, she was able to start rebuilding the life that had crumbled around her.
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Ã2017., Simon Pulse Call No: B BRITZ Edition: 1st Simon Pulse pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A brave teen recounts her debilitating struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder--and brings readers through every painful step as she finds her way to the other side--in this powerful and inspiring memoir.
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2008., Oxford University Press Call No: Guide 616.85 Kan Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative.Summary Note: Describes the inner world of a young person suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder, lending a face to the complex illness. Includes the warning signs, treatments, systems and where to find help.
