1. OCD

2. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Anxiety disorder
Obsessive thoughts and compulsive actions
Cleaning, checking, counting, hoarding, washing hands
Pattern of repetitive thoughts and behaviors that are senseless and distressing but extremely difficult to overcome

3. Impact
Young males are more likely than their female counterparts to start experiencing OCD as youth.
By adulthood, this changes, OCD affecting women slightly more than me
Genetics can be a cause
Usually get OCD before the age of 25

4. Effects on Daily Life Can destroy a person's capacity to function
Persistent fears- Can't focus at school or work, constantly obsessing
Interferes with a normal daily routine

5. DSM-IV Criteria
Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses or images that are experienced at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress
The thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real-life problems
The person attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, impulses or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action
The person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts, impulses, or images are a product of his or her own mind

6. First Person Accounts

7. Media Monk Some over exaggeration in TV shows and movies
Generally accurate, portrays him washing his hands often, wears gloves before he touches things, obsession with dirt and contamination
Some over exaggeration in TV shows and movies

8. Misconceptions Neat Freaks
People think that if they like to be clean, they have OCD, but someone that really has OCD can't think about anything else but cleaning and having everything arranged correctly