TITLE What to Know About Health Anxiety (How to Tell If Your Health Concerns Are Normal—Or a Sign of Something More) DESCRIPTION In the past few years with the pandemic, rates of anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and depression have increased significantly. This has amounted to a great deal of worry and distress regarding health… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Psychology Update — Pandemic Anxiety Is Fueling a Rise in OCD Symptoms
TITLE Pandemic Anxiety Is Fueling a Rise in OCD Symptoms DESCRIPTION This is a very long and extremely comprehensive article that not only discusses Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, the causes and treatments, but also, more importantly, how the pandemic has increased the incidence of the disorder. The article begins with an anecdotal case about Roasalyn. … Read more »
Psychology Update — Living With O.C.D. in a Pandemic
TITLE Living With O.C.D. in a Pandemic DESCRIPTION Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a very disabling problem for many, and the covid pandemic has made it worse. In fact, many who don’t have OCD have developed similar symptoms due to the anxiety about contamination and exposure to the covid virus. Obsessions are thoughts and… Read more »
Psychology Update — What Does It Mean to Have OCD? These Are 5 Common Symptoms
TITLE What Does It Mean to Have OCD? These Are 5 Common Symptoms DESCRIPTION Though this is an older article, it will help in understanding what OCD is, and how the stress of the covid-19 pandemic can trigger symptoms, even for those who have had the condition under control. “The condition, marked by uncontrollable… Read more »
Psychology Update — 3 ARTICLES DEALING WITH OCD IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS (Covid-19)
3 ARTICLES DEALING WITH OCD IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS ARTICLE #1 TITLE How O.C.D. and Hand-Washing and Coronavirus Collide DESCRIPTION This is a fascinating article that combines the issues of those suffering with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the pandemic of coronavirus (covid-19). “The coronavirus outbreak has turned many of us into nervous… Read more »
Psychology Update — Fighting the Shame of Skin Picking
TITLE Fighting the Shame of Skin Picking DESCRIPTION Dermatillomania (skin picking) along with Trichotillomania (hair pulling) are considered disorder classified as types of Obsessive-Compulsive disorders found in the American Psychiatric Association DSM – 5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5th Edition). “These repetitive behaviors typically emerge around the onset of puberty, though they can begin… Read more »
Psychology Update — Social media obsessives and compulsive gamers share addictive traits, experts say
TITLE Social media obsessives and compulsive gamers share addictive traits, experts say DESCRIPTION This is an extremely thorough article with an excerpt from the book “The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business.” The article begins with a brief historical analysis: “As late as the 1970s, the word seldom referred to anything… Read more »
Psychology Update — 3 ARTICLES RELATED TO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)
3 ARTICLES RELATED TO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) THE FIRST DESCRIBES THE COMMON SYMPTOMS OF OCD, THE SECOND FOCUSES ON THE BIOLOGY OF OCD, AND THE THIRD (THOUGH OLDER) PRESENTS A PICTURE OF HOW RELATIONSHIPS ARE AFFECTED BY THE DISORDER. ARTICLE #1 TITLE What Does It Mean to Have… Read more »
Psychology UpDate — Maternal Instinct, or O.C.D.?
TITLE Maternal Instinct, or O.C.D.? DESCRIPTION The author of the article recounts her experience after her child was born and how her OCD reached highly intense levels to the point of feeling like mental illness. The article discusses OCD related to childbirth: “Postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder affects about 2 percent of childbearing women, about… Read more »
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