Helpful Resources for Anxiety and OCD

We often recommend supplementary materials as a useful coping tool for education, increased understanding, and support. Following is a list of books and organizations we recommend to patients and their loved ones seeking additional support and information.

TITLE AUTHOR
Don't Try Harder, Try Different Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D.
The OCD Answer Book Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D.
An End to Panic: Breakthrough Techniques for Overcoming Panic Disorder Elke Zuercher-White, Ph.D.
Dying of Embarrassment: Help for Social Anxiety and Phobia Barbara G. Markway, Ph.D., Cheryl N. Carmin, Ph.D., C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D., & Theresa Flynn, Ph.D.
The Agoraphobia Workbook: A Comprehensive Program to End Your Fear of Symptom Attacks                                       C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D. & Elke Zuercher-White, Ph.D.
The BDD Workbook: Overcome Body Dysmorphic Disorder and End Body Image Obsessions James Claiborn, Ph.D. & Cherry Pedrick, RN
The Hair Pulling "Habit" and You: How to Solve the Trichotillomania Puzzle Ruth Goldfinger Golomb & Sherrie Mansfield Vavrichek
Panic Attacks Workbook: A Guided Program for Beating the Panic Trick David Carbonell, Ph.D.
Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks Reid Wilson, Ph.D.
When Children Refuse School: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approach Christopher A. Kearney, Ph.D. & Ann Marie Albano, Ph.D.
The Shyness & Social Anxiety Workbook: Proven, Step-by-Step Techniques for Overcoming Your Fear Martin M. Antony, Ph.D. & Richard P. Swinson, M.D.

ORGANIZATION   PHONE NUMBER   
The International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)
The International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) is an international not-for-profit organization composed of people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders, their families, friends, professionals and other concerned individuals.
(617) 973-5801
Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
The Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) is the only national nonprofit organization solely dedicated to informing the public, health care professionals, and media that anxiety disorders are real, serious, and treatable.
(240) 485-1001
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies is an interdisciplinary organization committed to the advancement of a scientific approach to the understanding and amelioration of problems of the human condition.
(212) 647-1890
Los Angeles Body Dysmorphic Disorder & Body Image Clinic
The Los Angeles Body Dysmorphic Disorder & Body Image Clinic is the first mental health clinic on the west coast of the United States dedicated primarily to the evaluation and treatment of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and similar body image disturbances.
(310) 741-2000

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