
102- OCD in Focus: Recognizing Symptoms and Getting the Best Treatment
ADHD Experts Podcast
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The Different Types of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Olavardia: Obsessions are recurrent persistent thoughts in pulsar images that cause a tremendous amount of anxiety. People with OCD will attempt to ignore these thoughts, try to suppress them, or often neutralize them. A compulsion is a repetitive behavior or some kind of mental act that somebody will feel compelled to do when they have an obsessive thought. Oavardia: When we think about OCD, we often don't think about ADD in the mix,. But actually studies will show that 30% of people with obsessive compulsive disorder also have ADHD.
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