What is OCD? What does OCD feel like? Dr. McMahon describes the key features of OCD, obsessions and compulsions, and shares common examples. Plus, check out what OCD looks like in our brains.

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Check out Dr. McMahon's website and learn more about her selfhelp workbook "Overcoming Anxiety and Panic Interactive Guide" here: http://www.elizabethmcmahon.com

Photo Credit: Baxter, L. R., Jr, Phelps, M. E., Mazziotta, J. C., Guze, B. H., Schwartz, J. M., & Selin, C. E. (1987). Local cerebral glucose metabolic rates in obsessivecompulsive disorder. A comparison with rates in unipolar depression and in normal controls. Archives of general psychiatry, 44(3), 211–218. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1987...


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