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02126aam a2200289Ii 4500 001 AC1B89E24A4011EA8859373197128E48 003 SILO 005 20200208010019 008 150326t20162014nyu e b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781250083180 020 $a 1250083184 035 $a (OCoLC)905685709 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCQ $d ZAC $d OCLCA $d OCLCF $d GZM $d MHD $d GYG $d GILDS $d OCLCO $d BYV $d NYP $d SILO 100 1 $a Adam, David, $d 1972- $e author. 245 14 $a The man who couldn't stop : $b OCD and the true story of a life lost in thought / $c David Adam. 246 3 $a Obsessive-compulsive disorder and the true story of a life lost in thought 250 $a First Picador edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $c 2016. 300 $a 324 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a "Originally published in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan. First published in the United States by Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux."--Title page verso. 500 $a "A Sarah Crichton book." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319). 505 0 $a Our siege mentality -- Bad thoughts -- The mademoiselle and the rat man -- An emerging obsession -- The OCD family -- Cruel to be kind -- The God obsession -- Animals and other relatives -- Man hands on misery to man -- The runaway brain -- Daddy's little helper -- The helicopter view -- Long live lobotomy -- Politics and prejudice -- A new dimension -- Final thoughts. 520 $a David Adam, an editor at Nature and an accomplished science writer, has suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn't Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. In this riveting and intimate blend of science, history, and memoir, Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind and explains how they drive millions of us toward obsession and compulsion. 941 $a 1 952 $l ORAX826 $d 20200208010233.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AC1B89E24A4011EA8859373197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search