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Book SynopsisHIGHLY COMMENDED for the British Medical Awards book prize for Popular Medicine
''Filled with emotionally resonant stories, Can''t Just Stop helps us understand not only the underpinnings of some forms of mental illness, but also the everyday worries that drive so much of our behaviour. A fascinating peek into the human mind in our age of anxiety.''
David Kessler, author of Capture: Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering
Do you check your smartphone continuously for messages? Or perhaps do the weekly shop with military precision? Maybe you always ensure the cutlery is perfectly lined up on the table?
Compulsion is something most of us have witnessed in daily life. But compulsions exist along a broad continuum, and at the opposite end of these mild forms are life-altering disorders.
Sharon Begley''s meticulously researched book is the first of its kind to examine the science behind both mild and extreme compulsive beha
