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	<title>Blogging on Good Therapy &#187; Obsessions and Compulsions / OCD</title>
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		<title>Does Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior Predict Eating Disorders?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New findings suggest that children who present with symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder have a higher risk of developing eating disorders as teens. Girls and those with a family history of disordered eating were also at higher risk.]]></description>
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		<title>Study Examines Lifetime Risk Factors for OCD</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One risk factor for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is something known as neurological soft signs (NSS). These minor disturbances in brain functioning have been shown to be present in people with OCD more often than in people without OCD. Some studies have isolated NSS and discovered that individuals with OCD and NSS have impaired reflexes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking Up on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/facebook-breakups-1116115/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/facebook-breakups-1116115/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MouWilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obsessions and Compulsions / OCD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter, as well as other means of electronic communications such as texting, are no longer the wave of the future: they are the here and now. Online dating is one of the most popular ways of meeting people and dating these days. We get to weed out people we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Link between Hoarding and Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hoarding-obesity-link/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hoarding-obesity-link/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoarding is a form of obsessive-compulsive behavior. An individual who exhibits hoarding tendencies has a difficult time letting go of physical items and becomes inundated with possessions, often to the point of causing physical and financial harm. Previous research has identified a link between people who hoard and obesity. Now, a new study led by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orthorexia Nervosa: When &#8220;Healthy&#8221; Becomes Dangerous</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/orthorexia-nervosa-dangerous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/orthorexia-nervosa-dangerous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeborahKlinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Control Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating & Food Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I had the privilege of presenting a web conference on disordered eating for Good Therapy. In the course of the web conference, I was asked a question about orthorexia. Thinking about what to write for this month’s article, this Q&#38;A exchange about orthorexia popped into my head. I realized I’d not done more [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Childhood OCD an Indicator of Food Issues in Later Years?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/childhood-ocd-indicator-food-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/childhood-ocd-indicator-food-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Child & Adolescent Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust’s (SLaM) OCD Service in collaboration with the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) have discovered an increase in the development of eating disorders in children who were previously diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A new study found that nearly one in ten children who had OCD later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People with Body Dysmorphia May Actually See Things Differently</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-dysmorphia-visual-perception/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-dysmorphia-visual-perception/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 16:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study suggests variance in the brain activity of people suffering from body dysmorphia. According to Dr. Jamie Feusner, a UCLA assistant professor of psychiatry, people with body image issues have decreased brain activity when they view holistic images. “No study until this one has investigated the brain’s activity for visually processing objects in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Research Suggests Compulsions at the Root of OCD</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ocd-compulsions-create-obsessions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ocd-compulsions-create-obsessions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 08:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obsessions and Compulsions / OCD]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New research appears to confirm what cognitive behavioral therapists have emphasized, that compulsive behavior is the monumental force in people with obsessive compulsive patterns. A recent study examined the behaviors of 40 test subjects in a task that involved habitual behaviors and outcomes. The participants, half of whom had obsessive-compulsive tendencies, were able to win [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Researchers Examine New Way to Identify Depression in Children</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/childhood-depression-diagnosis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/childhood-depression-diagnosis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8538</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers believe they have found a way to identify children who have major depressive symptoms from those who have obsessive-compulsive tendencies. A study conducted by scientists at Wayne State University, examined the cortical thickness of clients with major depression, those with obsessive compulsive tendencies, and a control group. The findings showed that the clients who [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Skype Therapy: The Newest Anxiety Treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/skype-anxiety-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/skype-anxiety-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people who suffer from anxiety issues do not receive the help they need due to lack of resources or mobility. Two forward thinking doctors recently concluded a study that uses modern technology as a delivery system for psychotherapy. Dr. James Herbert and Dr. Evan Forman, psychology professors and directors of Drexel&#8217;s Anxiety Treatment and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating Disorders and Kids: Statistics Show How Little We Know</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/youth-eating-disorders-obesity-obsession-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/youth-eating-disorders-obesity-obsession-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary When you picture a young person with an eating disorder, who do you picture? “Caucasian, well-off females” are a common presumption, according to the authors of a new report in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ journal, Pediatrics. People of color, boys, and kids of younger and younger ages are also affected, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>For OCD, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Benefits Some Kids More than Others</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/children-obsessive-compulsive-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/children-obsessive-compulsive-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychotherapy—specifically, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)—is one of the most common types of treatment for kids diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The drug sertraline is the other most common treatment. A new study finds that CBT is especially effective for kids who have no close family member dealing with OCD at the same time. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hoarding Behavior – Is It an Anxious Response or a Lazy Lifestyle?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hoarding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hoarding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BeckiHein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve done any channel surfing at all in the last year or so, you might have come across a couple of documentary shows (“Hoarders” on A&#038;E; “Hoarding, Buried Alive” on TLC) featuring people who are living with/in massive amounts of clutter and/or trash in their homes. The piles of “stuff” often reach nearly to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Suggests Men Experience Earlier Onset of OCD</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ocd-study-suggests-men-experience-earlier-onset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ocd-study-suggests-men-experience-earlier-onset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental health concern that can create havoc in the lives of those who experience its symptoms, and the individual manifestations of the issue may vary greatly from one person to the next. The consequences tend to be similar, however; difficulty carrying out daily life, problematic relationships, and concerns at work are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Review Questions Classification of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/review-questions-classification-of-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/review-questions-classification-of-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Behavioral Therapy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typically, those who experience strong compulsions to perform certain tasks or routines repeatedly with concerns about the perceived consequences of not doing so are associated with obsessive compulsive disorder, a mental health issue that can become debilitating for some people. This issue has traditionally been classified as relating to health concerns involving anxiety, but a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Annual Conference for OCD Helps Clients Cope</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ocd-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ocd-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obsessions and Compulsions / OCD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the effects, for both clients and their families, of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD can have far-reaching consequences that greatly impact elements of everyday life, many who grapple with the mental health concern remain untreated, even during the normal course of therapy. In an effort to deliver specialized care from professionals and peers alike, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Therapy and OCD</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/family-therapy-ocd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/family-therapy-ocd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Update For many therapists and other mental health professionals, the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, are fairly clear. But for parents of children who suffer from related difficulties, it&#8217;s not always a straightforward matter to distinguish between positive and unhelpful behaviors, and sometimes parents&#8217; efforts to help their children can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming OCD: A Client-Therapist Success Story</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapist-success-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapist-success-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 12:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Update Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a condition fairly well known among mental health professionals and the psychologically-minded public at large. Yet as with so many things, there exist extreme departures from what we&#8217;d normally envision of a person afflicted with OCD &#8211;and the co-author of a recently released book on the subject is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chemical Implicated in Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 05:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Update Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is a condition that affects some one to three percent of the American population. Most commonly associated with intrusive thoughts, unrealistic fears, and a repetitive behavior of some type, OCD can be a debilitating condition for people in all professions and in all walks of life, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research Report: Preschool Aged Children and OCD</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Brown University in Rhode Island are reporting that children as young as four can meet criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). This condition, associated with anxiety, has been studied in older children and adolescents, but this new study was the largest ever study of OCD in preschool age. “OCD, if left untreated, can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that can cause significant damage to the sufferer’s life. OCD begins with obsessive thoughts. These lead to the development of behaviors meant to control the thoughts. The behaviors then become compulsive rituals. The person feels strongly compelled to perform the rituals in response to the disturbing thoughts, [...]]]></description>
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