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21November 2018

How to Confront the Intrusive Thoughts of OCD

The Emotional Distress of OCD The intrusive and overwhelming thoughts that come with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, can feel like a “tsunami of emotional distress.” That’s how Wajahat Ali describes…

4May 2018

Turtles All the Way Down book cover by John Green

Living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Spiraling Worries and Obsessions The main character in the book Turtles All the Way Down is a 16-year-old girl named Aza Holmes who lives in Indianapolis and struggles with all…

21December 2015

Stories of Working through Mental Illness Offer Insight to Therapists and Clients

Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Working Through Mental Illness Psychologist Ellen Holtzman has a practice in Wakefield, Mass. and often works with clients who have anxiety. The psychologist reviews the anti-anxiety medication one client is…

8June 2015

OCD Obsessive Thoughts: One Small Thought Multiplies and Overtakes Reason in OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

An encounter with a young woman that “…culminated in a bit of physical intimacy ending somewhere short of intercourse…” took place when David Adam was a college freshman. The experience…

30April 2015

New Treatments for Adult and Childhood OCD Offer Hope

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

The public interest in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is obvious. TV’s Dr. Phil, for example, had as guests a husband and wife discussing the wife’s OCD, which is so disruptive to the…

1March 2014