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OBSESSIONS
a haunting preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.

COMPULSIONS
an irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
a psychoneurotic disorder in which the patient is beset with obsessions or compulsions or both and suffers extreme anxiety or depression through failure to think the obsessive thoughts or perform the compelling acts
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Washing HandsYou may be obsessed with germs or dirt, so you wash your hands over and over. You may be filled with doubt and feel the need to check things repeatedly. You may have frequent thoughts of violence, and fear that you will harm people close to you. You may spend long periods touching things or counting; you may be pre-occupied by order or symmetry; you may have persistent thoughts of performing sexual acts that are repugnant to you; or you may be troubled by thoughts that are against your religious beliefs...
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Living With OCD

Books

  1. A Thought Is Just A Thought: A Story of Living with OCD  - Leslie Talley
  2. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well -Fred Penzel
  3. Brain Lock: Free Yourself Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior - Jeffrey M. Schwartz
  4. Freeing Your Child from Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder: A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and Adolescents  -Tamar E. Chansky
  5. Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder -Ian Osborn
  6. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Survival Guide For Family and Friends
    -Roy C.
  7. Freedom From Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder: A Personalized Recovery Program for Living With Uncertainty    - Jonathan Grayson
  8. Why Does Everything Have to Be Perfect? Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (The Dell Guides for Mental Health)  - Lynn Shackman, Shelagh Masline, Roger Granet
  9. Stop Obsessing! : How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions
      - Edna B. Foa, Reid Wilson
  10. Obsessive Compulsive, Disorder, The Latest Assessment and Treatment Strategies    - Gail Steketee, Teresa A. Pigott
  11. The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free From Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder    - Bruce M., Ph.D. Hyman, Cherry Pedrick R.N., Bruce M. Hyman
  12. Washing My Life Away: Surviving Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder
      - Ruth Deane
  13. What to do when your Child has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Strategies and Solutions      - Aureen Pinto Wagner, Ph.D.
  14. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Facts (The Facts Series)
    -Padmal de Silva and Stanley Rachman

 

DVDs/VHS

  1. Conquer Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with Charles Linden DVD
  2. Trouble in Mind: Obsessive VHS TAPE- Compulsive Disorder

Research

http://ocd.stanford.edu/research/support.html

Interesting Articles

  1. http://panicdisorder.about.com/od/ocdbeyond/a/dbsandocd.htm
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  3. ttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p971201b.html













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