Patricia Friedrich 
The Literary and Linguistic Construction of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder [PDF ebook] 
No Ordinary Doubt

Patricia Friedrich is Associate Professor at Arizona State University, USA. She teaches and conducts research on the social/political environments where linguistic expression occurs. Her works dwells on the intersection of power, language, culture and peace. She has published dozens of articles in periodicals, a single-authored book, and two collections for which she served as editor. She is also a published author of literary fiction.