Hoarding disorder, or why refusing to throw anything away is all in the brain | UPDATED: 08:11 GMT, 10 August 2012 People who can’t bear to throw things away really do have brains that work differently, claim researchers.
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OCD: If I don"t stir my tea nine times, I believe that my husband will die:
If I don’t stir my tea nine times, I believe that my husband will die: A million Britons live with the hell of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Alzheimer"s medication could be used to kick habit
Now a pill that could help cure all you shopaholics! Medication designed to treat Alzheimer's patients could be used to kick habit | UPDATED: 07:46 GMT, 29 May 2012 A pill designed to treat Alzheimer’s could help compulsive shoppers curb their devastating habit.
Nurse Debbie Thomson tells how she overcame battle with "taboo" OCD
'I washed my hands until they bled, considered suicide and thought if I touched a doorhandle my family would die': Nurse tells of battle with OCD Under control: Debbie Thomson did not realise she had OCD until she was 16, and the condition spiralled out of control after her daughter was born A mother whose obsessive compulsive disorder got so bad she considered committing suicide has now managed to get the condition under control, and helps others to do the same.
My son had a strep-throat infection… a week later he developed OCD
My son had a throat infection… a week later he developed OCD A mother has revealed how her 11-year-old son developed a severe case of obsessive compulsive disorder just a week after he had strep-throat