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OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
INTRODUCTION

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is often referred to as "the Doubting Disease." As with Tourette's Syndrome, a lot of the most troubling or interfering symptoms associated with OCD are the hidden ones -- the intrusive, repetitive, often disturbing thoughts called "obsessions," although the ritualized behaviors ("compulsions") that the person engages in may take up hours of their time every day or cause them significant distress.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

About Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Leslie E. Packer, PhD, revised 2004
Common obsessions and compulsions, symptoms, and lifespan course

OCD: A Real Illness (PDF File)
National Institutes of Health
Simple overview for patients

Awareness Exercise (PDF File)
Leslie E. Packer, PhD
Try this quick online exercise to increase your sensitivity and awareness

"I'm Not Crazy"
Cherry Pedrick, R.N.
A firsthand account of living with OCD

NIH Researchers Identify OCD Risk Gene
National Institutes of Health News Release, March 2006

Treatment of OCD
Leslie E. Packer, PhD revised 2004
Medication and nonmedication therapeutic approaches

Mis-diagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children: Gifted and LD, ADHD, OCD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (PDF File)
James T. Webb, 2000

Famous People with OCD or Tourette's Syndrome
Leslie E. Packer, PhD, 2004
Just for inspiration

OCD and Tourette's Syndrome: A note on "lumpers" vs. "splitters"
Leslie E. Packer, PhD, 2004

For Your Reference Shelf
Books and videos on OCD

Links
Other sites with information on OCD

POINT OF INTEREST

For tips on classroom accommodations, see the Education section.

EN ESPAÑOL

Compulsiones y obsesiones más frecuentes (PDF)
Consejos para integrar a alumnos con Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo (PDF)

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