Trixie the Treat Monster

by Julie Derrick

Overview

Hank is back and busy planning a new game. Leo is about to take a penalty shot, when Hank decides to start playing a counting game with him. Luckily, Trixie the Treat Monster is on hand - and she has other plans. She loves playing games, too, and decides to play against Hank. This second book in the Mind Monsters series was written by a mother to raise awareness of child OCD and to offer hope to other OCD sufferers. The story aims to demonstrate how powerful distraction methods can be in combatting intrusive thoughts. It also focuses on the importance of confiding in others. 50% of all proceeds made from the book will be donated to The Community Intensive Therapy Team (CITT) - a specialist team within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838144616
Publisher:	Panoma Press
Publication date:	08/25/2021
Series:	The Mind Monsters , #1
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.09(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Julie Derrick is a busy wife and mum of two teenage girls, who juggles her time between doing what she loves most; namely, running a tight ship at home in Wales and her passion for writing and helping others.

She is also stepmother to two grown-up children and a stepgrandmother to four grandchildren.

The idea to write her Mind Monsters books came after one of Julie's own daughters was diagnosed with OCD.

Julie's mission is to try to raise awareness of child OCD and to help parents to spot early signs of it before it takes hold.

She describes her life as being hectic, but claims she wouldn't want it any other way as it helps to keep her young!

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Foreword

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common condition that, by various estimates, affects 2-3% of the population. After long being regarded as rare in childhood recent evidence has shown this not to be the case, with up to half of those developing the condition in adulthood experiencing an onset of their symptoms in childhood. Isolated OCD symptoms are also now known to be very prevalent in children, with up to a quarter experiencing them at some point in their lives.

Longitudinal studies into the evolution of the disorder have also identified a pattern of subclinical OCD symptoms, typically starting in middle childhood, in those who go on to develop the illness later in life. However, the fact it frequently co-presents with a multitude of childhood anxieties coupled with the recognition among sufferers of the irrationality of obsessive thinking, can result in those affected enduring their symptoms in secret without access to early and effective intervention.

Drawing on her considerable experience of dealing with the condition and the insights she has gained through her own personal journey, Mrs Derrick has produced an excellent illustrated resource, replete with vignettes and practical tips, for families of children who may be experiencing the precursors or the early stages of an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It does a very good job of presenting the condition from the child’s perspective, covers the basic principles of treatment, including ‘externalising’ symptoms as a means of increasing motivation as well as exposure and response prevention techniques, in a manner that makes sense to children and families.

We commend Mrs Derrick for her efforts and wish her every success in her mission to increase awareness and reduce stigma around mental health difficulties in children and young people.

Dr Krishna Menon MRCPsych, Consultant Child Psychiatrist and Clinical Director
Sian Carroll, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board