OCD

An estimated four million Americans have Obsessive-compulsive disorder, which includes 1,000,000 children and adolescents. These people with OCD are slaves to their rituals, and their rituals begin to take over their lives. Stephanie, an eighteen year old, had trouble with math because of her OC D. “ ‘If I got to number seventeen on the math test, I would have to tap my pencil seventeen times.’ ” (Weiskopf, Catherine. Understanding Obsessive-compulsive disorders.) Stephanie’s situation shows that obsessive-compulsive …

…of Medicine. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Clinical Research Program.) Cognitive-behavioral therapy may also be effective for OCD. It emphasizes changing the beliefs and patterns of a person with an OCD. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an unrelenting pattern of obsessions and compulsions. This disorder effects people both emotionally and socially. People with an OCD are torn between making their anxiety dissipate or fighting their OCD. There is no cure for OCD, but there are treatments that help alleviate symptoms.