The Man Who Couldn't Stop

Clear-sighted and eminently accessible . . . a fundamentally important book that will bring a breath of fresh understanding to sufferers - as well as mental-health professionals, and family and friends of anyone who exhibits symptoms of OCD. I urge anyone to buy it. It will make you think again * The Sunday Times *
A fascinating study of the living nightmare that is obsessive compulsive disorder . . . one of the best and most readable studies of a mental illness to have emerged in recent years . . . an honest and open and, yes, maybe life-changing work -- Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library * The Observer *
Combines a scientific account of OCD from ancient times to the most recent research with passages of tenderly written memoir * Telegraph *
The Man Who Couldn't Stop is quite simply book of the year, on living with OCD: just buy it now -- Adam Rutherford
Superb . . . A brave and helpful contribution to deepening our understanding of the intricate complexities of mental ill-health * The Times *
Adam recounts his journey with humour and detachment * Literary Review *
An engaging, exhaustively researched neuro memoir, a blend of brain science and personal history * Evening Standard *
This blew me away. Stunning -- Ian Sample * The Guardian *
An insider's tour of the OCD brain, providing insight into the cultural and scientific evolution of how we view and treat a disorder that affects up to 3% of people worldwide * Nature *
A captivating first-person account of how a blizzard of unwanted thoughts can become a personal nightmare. At times shocking, at times tragic, at times unbelievably funny, it is a wonderful read * Focus *
A lucid, humane ­- only intermittently autobiographical - science book . . . offers a clear history through riveting case studies and the work of key figures * Metro *
David Adam, a successful writer, is also a sufferer of obsessive compulsive disorder . . . He covers the history of OCD, the treatments that have been tried without success, and his experience of cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, which was greatly helpful. A well-written, thorough account * Independent *
Well-researched, witty, honest and irreverent, Adam's account proves as irresistible as his subject * Kirkus Reviews *