Maloney's debut chronicles her son, Sammy, and the illness that, almost overnight, transformed him from a sunny, bright boy (described by one teacher as ""the purest math mind the school had ever ...

It happened to Beth Maloney's son, and she shares the battle her family faced in "Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD." An excerpt. Sept. 23, 2009, 3:03 PM EDT What would you do if your ...

The surgeon also points out that doctors are prone to hubris. Few know this better than Beth Maloney, whose cry for help was rejected by many medics. Maloney told those doctors about her 12-year ...