Obsessive-compulsive disorder beyond reasonable doubt

This video identifies criteria for this disorder, commonly known as OCD - and one of the most prevalent of all psychiatric disorders. It explores ritualized behaviors associated with the disorder and resulting adverse effects, as well as neurological findings unique to OCD.

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"Worried well"
"Anxiety-related disorders, the worried well, obsessive-compulsive disorder"
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"Obsessive-complusive disorder [sic]"
"Anxiety-related disorder, the worried well, obsessive-compulsive disorder"

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"(Producer) In this program, research psychiatrist Gilbert Pinard and pediatric psychiatrist Patricia Garel talk with OCD patients about their rituals - the thoughts and behaviors triggered by hyperactive brain activity involving the thalamus, orbito-frontal cortex, and caudate nucleus. The effectiveness of behavioral and drug therapies in controlling obsessive-compulsive disorder is discussed as well."
"In this program, two people whose lives have shattered by OCD tell their stories. An 18-year-old woman talks about how she feels compelled to perform detailed rituals every day of her life. A man tells how he is tormented by the obsessive belief he has killed someone. A professional psychiatrist sheds light on this bewildering condition."
"This video identifies criteria for this disorder, commonly known as OCD - and one of the most prevalent of all psychiatric disorders. It explores ritualized behaviors associated with the disorder and resulting adverse effects, as well as neurological findings unique to OCD."@en
"Intrusive, repetitive thoughts, often of a disturbing nature, are the symptoms of the anxiety-related condition, OCD. In this program, two people whose lives have been shattered by OCD tell their stories. An 18-year-old woman talks about how she feels compelled to perform detailed rituals every day of her life. A man tells how he is tormented by the obsessive belief that he has killed someone. A psychiatrist sheds light on this bewildering condition. (15 minutes)."@en
"Looks at the symptoms, the diagnosis, & drug treatment of OCD -- the uncontrollable urges & needs to perform & repeat actions that have already been performed successfully, or that have no reasonable basis for being performed at all."
"Once thought to be a psychological problem, obsessive-compulsive behavior may in fact be rooted in chemical imbalances in the brain. Drug treatment now offers hope to many whose life has been dominated and sometimes ruined by the uncontrollable urges and need to perform and repeat actions that have already been performed successfully, or actions and rituals that have no reasonable basis for being performed at all."@en
"Intrusive, repetitive thoughts, often of a disturbing nature, are the symptoms of the anxiety-related condition, OCD. In this program, two people with OCD tell their stories. An 18-year-old woman talks about how she feels compelled to perform detailed rituals every day of her life. A man tells how he is tormented by the obsessive belief that he has killed someone. A professional psychiatrist sheds light on this condition."@en
"Intrusive, repetitive thoughts, often of a disturbing nature, are the symptoms of the anxiety-related condition, OCD. In this program, two people with OCD tell their stories. An 18-year-old woman talks about how she feels compelled to perform detailed rituals every day of her life. A man tells how he is tormented by the obsessive belief that he has killed someone. A professional psychiatrist sheds light on this condition."
"Explores the illness with physicians, psychologists and people afflicted with the disorder. Behavioral symptoms are shown and various treatments are discussed."@en
"Once thought to be a psychological problem, obsessive-compulsive behavior turns out to be rooted in the chemistry of the brain. Drug treatment now offers hope to many sufferers."
"Looks at obsessive-compulsive disorder through the eyes of the sufferers and discusses new treatments using drugs and behavior modification. Includes some discussion of Tourette syndrome."@en
"Once thought to be a psychological problem, obsessive-compulsive disorder turns out to be rooted in the chemistry of the brain. Drug treatment now offers hope to many sufferers, as does behavioral therapy."