CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Epigraph

ONE: Our siege mentality

TWO: Bad thoughts

THREE: The mademoiselle and the Rat Man

FOUR: An emerging obsession

FIVE: The OCD family

SIX: Cruel to be kind

SEVEN: The God obsession

EIGHT: Animals and other relatives

NINE: Man hands on misery to man

TEN: The runaway brain

ELEVEN: Daddy’s little helper

TWELVE: The helicopter view

THIRTEEN: Long live lobotomy

FOURTEEN: Politics and prejudice

FIFTEEN: A new dimension

SIXTEEN: Final thoughts

Notes and references

Acknowledgements

Appendices

A Note About the Author

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