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"Dr. Wagner has written a most helpful and entertaining book for young children who develop OCD symptoms. It is written from a child's perspective and is designed for parents and caregivers to read with the child. These symptoms can be exceedingly confusing and hard to explain to a child, but this book will make things much easier. The book leads naturally from clinical findings to useful questions to treatment approaches; probably a key element in the book is the careful motivating of the child for treatment. The bottom line is that OCD is treatable and that children (and their parents) should be optimistic about their futures."
" I found it to be excellent. It successfully achieves several important goals: letting children/parents know what sort of symptoms might be considered part of OCD (this alone will provide much relief, comfort in having the knowledge that this is a well known medical condition and that the child's symptoms are shared by others), providing a good medical/biologic explanation for the symptoms, clarifying that there is hope - these problems can improve through therapy and meds. We would recommend the book for all our child patients with Tourette's syndrome and OCD symptoms."
"... a sizable contribution to the literature on childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Paul Jutton's illustrations and [ Dr.] Wagner's message provide parents and therapists with an engaging way to teach young children about OCD. More importantly, Up and Down the Worry Hill offers hope and affirmation to kids who suffer from this potentially disabling but treatable disorder."
"The book offers a message of hope and makes it clear that although treatment may be hard work it can make OCD manageable...In summary I think that the book is one to add to the bookshelves of professionals treating children with OCD and worth recommending to parents."
"Clear, straightforward and jargon-free...the vital message that you are not alone, you are not crazy, and that there is hope through in a warm and easygoing manner. I would be happy to recommend it to my patients."
"I met several talented writers at the conference. One of those is Aureen Pinto Wagner, a clinical child psychologist who specializes in behavior therapy of OCD and other anxiety disorders in children. She wrote Up and Down the Worry Hill, A Children's Book about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and it's Treatment. This beautifully written and illustrated story is about Casey, a boy with OCD. He has problems with counting, washing and checking. Casey has a new bicycle and his dad is helping him learn to ride his bike up Big Hill. Riding up Big Hill is hard work, but coasting down the hill is great fun. It is the reward for the hard work of pushing himself to ride up the hill, "little by little." Casey's doctor tells him that using behavior therapy to fight OCD is like riding up a big "Worry Hill." It gets harder and harder, but once you get to the top of the Worry Hill it gets easier coming down. Up and Down the Worry Hill is a book children will want to read again and again, not as a ritual, but because they will relate to Casey and his OCD. Illustrated by Paul A. Jutton, the beautiful black and white pictures would be fun to color. This is a book every child with OCD should have. It would also be a fantastic book to include in school libraries and classrooms"
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