Up and Down the Worry Hill: A Children's Book about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and its Treatment Paperback – August 21, 2013

I give it 4 stars mainly because my daughter liked this book and would ask me to read a few pages of it every night until we read through it all. It explains about OCD, it gives examples of what OCD can be like. It is a story about a boy with OCD and his parents helping him a bit here and there. Finally, the solution of the book is for the boy to go through Cognitive Behavior Therapy with a therapist. I liked that it explained OCD to my daughter, but I did not like that the solution they gave us was just to see the therapist. I needed more self-help tools and this book does not provide them. It is a good book for an introduction to what OCD is for a child to understand what they are going through. I personally preferred the book: "What to do When Your Brain gets Stuck" . That book was much more helpful and had practical tools.

I read this with my five year old, hoping for that epiphany moment so many other parents described on here. He seemed to think the book was okay and interesting. We read it a few times. It helped him to identify OCD and talk a little more openly about it, but it wasn't like lightning hit us or anything. :)I'm glad we bought this book, anything to help our child, and I would do it again. I did skip over anything that introduced a new worry to him. I'm not sure what the right age would be for this. I think it would be lost on a child any younger than mine, but would be too young for a child over maybe ten or twelve.... not sure though.Also, our son was diagnosed with PANDA, so his OCD came out of nowhere. I'm not sure if parents would have a different experience if this is something they were dealing with for years verses weeks.

My 12 year old son and I read this together last night and it really helped us talk about how he is feeling. It was well written and helped my son really identify with these OCD behaviors. I highly recommend this book for children and pre-teens.

I loved the beginning and thought it was perfect but then it became too complex for a young reader. The book has good information for an older child. A child that is ready to name their diagnosis and learn how to manage their anxiety and OCD.

As both a psychologist and an OCD sufferer, I love this book! It really breaks down OCD for kids and helps them feel not alone. It's a longer kids book, but you can read through it quickly in one sitting, so it's appropriate for even young children with shorter attention spans. This is a great resource for both kids who have OCD and kids who have family members with OCD.

This book is great for using with children who struggle with anxiety or OCD.

I’m a child psychotherapist and this has been a very useful tool in helping kids with OCD.

I am a mental health counselor and I have used the book numerous times on my client's. Easy to understand and explain OCD.

Excellent book has really helped my son with Asd and OCD tendencies.Fast delivery

This book has a good story to explain OCD to a child. However the stark layout of the book makes it feel like 60% is clinical information for the parents, and overwhelms the (to my mind) true purpose of the book - to put children at ease. The story and the advertising should be in separate volumes, and color illustrations added to the children's portion.We would read the book much more often if it felt like the story was a children's book and not a an example used to illustrate a thesis.That said, it is obviously the best available choice in children's books on OCD.

A great read. Very helpful. All parents should read.

Very informative and interesting, just a little bit long for most children I think. Arrived on time, great condition.

Good to explain anxiety to children.