Obsessive-compulsive disorder and deep brain stimulation

 

A new research center exploring the science underlying a potential new treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder has been established at the University of Rochester Medical Center, thanks to a $10.5 million award from the National Institute of Mental Health (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml). Rochester will serve as the hub of a five-year collaborative effort that includes six institutions around the nation and in Puerto Rico.

What Causes OCD Dr A.J. Allen M.D Ph.D

 

DR A.J Allen for The Awareness Foundation for OCD explains in simple terms how OCD works in the brain. Segment from Hope and Solutions for OCD afocd.org

A personal story of OCD

 

An 8 minute documentary on an individual's struggle and recovery from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Includes interview footage with a clinician who practices cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). Filmed in London (Ontario, Canada) and produced by Michael Woods.

TRASTORNO OBSESIVO COMPULSIVO (TOC) Y NEUROSIS OBSESIVA: ¿cuál es la diferencia?

 Teszkiewicz,Luis ;Averbach,Marina, (2008). TRASTORNO OBSESIVO COMPULSIVO (TOC) Y NEUROSIS OBSESIVA: ¿cuál es la diferencia?. Personapsi.

En Resumen:

La Neurosis Obsesiva puede corresponderse al Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo, al Tr
astorno Obsesivo Compulsivo (o Anancástico) de la Personalidad o, incluso, a otros trastornos de los manuales diagnósticos (por ejemplo: algunos trastornos del humor en los que la coloración afectiva depresiva predomina como principal manifestación de lo que podría considerarse una neurosis obsesiva).
- La Neurosis Obsesiva admite casos egosintónicos, no así los trastornos obsesivos que figuran en los manuales. Podemos decir que una persona tiene una Personalidad Obsesiva, pero no podemos clasificarla como Trastorno de Personalidad si las características de su personalidad no le producen desórdenes o “disturbios” a él mismo o a terceros.

Para mas información entrar en esta pagina:
http://www.persona-psi.com/wp/trastorno-obsesivo-compulsivo-toc-y-neurosis-obsesiva-cual-es-la-diferencia/

Revista Digital Universitaria

En la siguiente revista dedican un ejemplar para hablar del trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo  tanto de sus características, los tipos y los tratamientos que hay hoy en día para hacerle frente.

 http://www.revista.unam.mx/index_mar12.htm

Dirty Filthy Love

 

A man's life falls apart as a result of his affliction with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette's Syndrome in this touching and funny tale.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411291/

Theatre

October 9, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A professional theater company has been performing stories about people who struggle with mental illness.
This week, the theater company "Erasing the Distance," is doing an entire show on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
OCD is the fourth-most diagnosed psychiatric disorder. It's a neuro-biological condition that causes ritualistic behaviors and thoughts. "OCD: Real Stories, Real People" will be performed Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Ann Sather Restaurant, 909 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. Tickets are $10 per person or $5 for students.
"We use theater to shed a light on issues of mental health, so that can be anything from depression to anxiety to things like OCD," Said Brighid O'Shaughnessy, who founded the company six years ago. "We do it by gathering true stories and then taking those tru stories and sculpting them into monologues and scenes that then come to plays."
The theater company has been working with OCD Chicago and its executive director, Ellen Sawyer.
"Unlike some of the major physical diseases like cancer and heart disorders, brain disorders aren't as popular, and a lot of people don't really want to talk about them," Sawyer said.
O'Shaughnessy said many people think OCD behaviors are visual, but many who suffer try to hide their symptoms.
"One of our story tellers has issues with germs and with the bathroom and cleanliness that's part of what his OCD surrounds and he talked about being in college and literally going to bathrooms off the beaten path."
In addition to professional actors performing, there will be people with OCD telling their personal stories as part of the performance.
"We've been working hard to raise the awareness of having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and teaching people that it's an illness and it's not their fault and that there is a treatment for it," Sawyer said. "I think more people are coming forward and feeling more comfortable about it."