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Gamma Knife Snips OCD in Bud High-Tech Procedure ‘Cuts’ Abnormal Brain Wiring Linked to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

A high-tech procedure that delivers radiation deep within the brain relieved symptoms in half of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who got no help from medication or talk therapy, a small study shows.

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Getting the Best Treatment For OCD

Many people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder suffer from shame and guilt because of the symptoms associated with the disorder. That, alone, may prevent them from seeking the treatment they need. They experience tremendous amounts of guilt, not only for their unsavory thoughts but also for what it implies about their character. How do you remove the shame and guilt pervasive among OCD sufferers?

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From Our OCD Forums

Have your visited our new mental health forums - bulletin boards area? It's a place where people with psychiatric conditions or their family members and friends can post questions regarding the mental health issues that confront them today. We encourage you to post your questions and to offer your advice and experience. Sharing is helpful to everyone.

Radio Show Archives

 "Men and Depression"

For years, depression was seen as a woman's issue. In fact, men aren't less likely than women to become depressed; they're just less likely to recognize and seek help for depression, and they have different ways of dealing with it? Darryl and other callers talk about their personal experiences with depression, why men have trouble recognizing and admitting they have depression, and the impact it has on their families. Pyschiatrist Gary Wilson joins us to discuss "acceptance," along with symptoms and treatments for depression.

Listen to this Radio Show Archives when you click here with your Windows media player. Check the list of other Radio Shows here.

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The OCD Answer Book is an authoritative reference providing sound advice and immediate answers to most pressing OCD questions.

-What is an obsession?
-What is a compulsion?
-Is it possible to "grow out" of OCD?
-Does OCD run in families?
-What increases my risk for OCD?
-If I check something several times does that mean that I suffer from OCD?
-I heard that OCD and strep throat might be related to each other. Is that true?

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I have come to look at periods of my life, held together by some common thread, as "seasons". It was 1960, I was ten, when I experienced my first "season" of OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder).

While I, in looking back, had several discrete seasons of the disorder before 1960, this was the first of the long-lasting and incapacitating events.

Visit Doubt and Other Disorders to continue reading when you click here.

Powerful Documentary Films at HealthyPlace.com

HealthyPlace.com unveiled four of the most powerful mental health videos you have ever seen. These are stories about sexual molestation, rape, eating disorders and teens trapped in abusive relationships.

What makes these mental health films different and so moving is that they describe the impact of physical and sexual violence and misperceptions on their victims.

You can watch them using your windows media player. We've also set up special bulletin boards for your feedback.

 
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Journaling With Us

Sharing your life with others, especially people you don't yet know, can be difficult. Writing a journal also takes some time, energy and real commitment. Imagine pouring your thoughts and feelings out a few times a week.

The journal also serves as a record of how our perceptions, beliefs and attitudes evolve over time. If you are interested in keeping an online journal in the HealthyPlace.com Gender Community, the short online application is here.