Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

You might think keeping useless junk is the norm. But compulsive hoarding is linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Hypnotic World Psychology breaks the taboo in Western society to explore OCD and investigate one child's experience of the issue:

• Do you have OCD? Find out here
• A Family Experience of OCD

Read a mother and son's account of obsessive compulsive disorder in the family

 

Fears & Phobias

Phobias are classed as anxiety disorders, and the result of a fear that has developed into something that restricts us from functioning normally. Phobia usually fall into one of the following categories:

• Agoraphobia

  - a fear of open spaces

• Social Phobia

  - fearing social situations

  • The Case of New York's Collyer Brothers
• Specific Phobia Disorders

  - eg. phobias of specific objects or situations, eg. spiders

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• General Anxiety Disorder
• Seasonal Affective Disorder

Treating Anxiety Disorders:

• Through Medication
• Using Psychotherapy

• The A-Z of Phobias

  How many can you name?

• Why do we have phobias?

  Why evolutionary theories suggest that phobias help us survive

• Part One: Defining your Phobia
• Part Two: The Symptoms
• Part Three: Treating phobias

• An introduction to depressive disorders
• What is 'depression'?
• What factors can cause depression

Treating Depression

• Medication & Herbal Treatments
• Psychotherapies

Schizophrenia

• Schizophrenia: what is it?
• History of Schizophrenia
• What Causes it
• Diagnosis
• Issues in Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Alternative Approaches

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