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103: The Science of OCD

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Science, Comedy, Education

4.9 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

This week we chat about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), the commonly misunderstood condition that affects millions of people worldwide!

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References & Further Reading

What is OCD
  1. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/overview/
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370844/
  3. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-when-unwanted-thoughts-take-over/20-mh-4676-ocd_150041.pdf
  4. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0897190014521996
  5. Psychopathology: Research Assessment and Treatment in Clinical Psychology - Graham Davey

Cause of OCD
  1. https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(19)30073-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS089662731930073X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7886082/
  3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4610610/

Treatment
  1. https://pharmrev.aspetjournals.org/content/72/1/80.long
  2. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/treatment-for-ocd/
  3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5606297/
  4. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/medicines-and-psychiatry/ssri-antidepressants/overview/#:~:text=It's%20thought%20to%20have%20a,messages%20between%20nearby%20nerve%20cells.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

What are we starting with this week?

0:02.0

A wee review.

0:03.0

You god damn right.

0:04.0

Yes!

0:05.0

So this is a review from Apple Podcast. If you want to leave a review, head over to Apple Podcast

0:10.0

and leave one there.

0:11.0

Or you can leave a comment on YouTube or, you know, wherever else.

0:14.0

Send it on a raven to us.

0:15.0

We'll find it.

0:17.0

So it says, solid pod, five stars.

0:20.0

Love the way they treat science as a discussion as opposed to objective truth.

0:23.5

I feel like they really do miss that out when we learn it in school.

0:26.6

Also, very funny.

0:27.6

Well, thank you.

0:28.6

Yeah, thanks, it's very nice.

0:30.6

I especially like that last bit.

0:31.6

Yeah, very fun.

0:32.6

Very funny.

0:33.6

Do you want another one?

0:34.6

Another Wii review?

0:35.6

Oh, you got more.

0:36.6

I brought two wee reviews. We've got so many Wii reviews that we need to do two reviews just to keep up.

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