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OCD: Fact or Fiction?

Saturday, June 6th, 2009
A good work of fiction captures your attention and takes you into a different world. The plots and details of science fiction, mysteries, or horror can, in the light of day, seem totally illogical and ...
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Are You Happy or Distressed with Your Body?

Monday, June 1st, 2009
If you're a human being and live on this planet, you probably can come up with something that you don't especially like about your body. Perhaps you feel you have a few extra pounds, think ...
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Obsessive Worries: Could You be a Killer?

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
We want to discuss a widely reported news story that concluded yesterday. About a week ago a couple of kids were playing in an Albuquerque park. They spotted a tennis shoe sticking out in the ...
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More about OCD and Children

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
If a child has OCD, getting an accurate diagnosis is critical. Unfortunately, the disorder can be hard to spot. Children with OCD may keep their symptoms secret because of shame, guilt, or fear. They often ...
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Swine Flu: A Special Warning to those with OCD

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
The line between the worries of people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and normal concerns can be quite fuzzy. Worries about a possible pandemic from Swine flu make the line even blurrier than usual. Advice ...
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Is it OCD or OCPD?

Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) is one of the 10 specific types of personality disorder diagnosed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). A personality disorder is considered to be ...
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Obsessing About Compulsions

Sunday, April 19th, 2009
In our most recent blog, Laura described what the obsessional part of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is like. She noted that obsessions are worrisome thoughts, images, or urges that pop into peoples' heads and trigger ...
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Obsessing over obsessions

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) usually involves both obsessions and compulsions. Today's blog describes and gives examples of obsessions. The obsessions of people with OCD are frequent, distressing, and interfere with life. Obsessions are thoughts, urges, ...
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Avoiding Avoidance

Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Real estate agents are fond of saying that their field can be distilled into three words: location, location, location. When it comes to anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), we turn to three words to ...
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The ABC’s of OCD Treatment for Kids

Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Parents of children with OCD or symptoms of OCD want to help their kids get the best and most effective treatments. There are many options with many different names. For example in the treatment of ...
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  • Charles H Elliott, Ph.D.: @EF: Thanks for reminding folks about that. We describe all of the types in our book...
  • EF: A lot of people with OCD don’t have contamination fears or handwashing/cleaning compulsions. That’s...
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