OCD Obsession
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Get help for OCD
Johns Hopkins
Explore the many treatment options for OCD obsessions. Learn about medication, cognitive behavior therapy, deep brain stimulation and more.
Your brain on psychotherapy
Medic Exchange
Psychotherapy can change your brain - in a good way! Research shows the remarkable benefits of intensive cognitive behavioral therapy for OCD obsession.
Running from your obsessions?
West Suffolk Psych
Confronting fear is the best treatment for OCD obsessions. Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy does just that.
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A day in the life
Google Video
Gain an understanding of OCD obsessions through the eyes of Mr. Stewarts. This excellent video shows his constant battle with contamination fears.
Most common obsessions
Psych Central
Do things have to be just right? Do you hate contamination? OCD obsessions can take many forms - read more about them here.
Never clean enough
Brain Physics
About half of all people diagnosed with OCD obsessions have a fear of contamination. Find out if your cleaning habits are normal or obsessive.
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Get out of my head
Healthy Place
People with OCD obsessions have difficulty allowing thoughts to pass through their minds. This conference transcript gives hints for dealing with obsessive thoughts.
You're not alone
DIsabled World
Get inspired by this list of famous and successful people with ocd-obsession. Read their stories here.
Obsessions and the sky
OCD Recovery Centers of America
Can you visualize an OCD obsession like a cloud and then let it drift away? Follow these 23 training tips to help reduce your obsessions.
Identify your OCD problem areas
Anxieties
Take this short self-assessment questionnaire to find out what your OCD obsessions are. Pay special attention to areas where you check more than two boxes.
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From mice to men
National Institutes of Health
Researchers have produced OCD obsession-like symptoms in mice and then reversed the symptoms by inserting a missing gene, SAPAP3. This could be the first step to developing an effective treatment.
People with OCD obsessions experience faulty brain connections, resulting in higher than normal anxiety levels. Find out here which areas of the brain are responsible for this.

