OCD > UK + Australia
About 1.2 % of the world’s population are suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder. This is more than the number of inhabitants of the UK and Australia taken together.
Videos on TED.com
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhlRgwdDc-E&w=560&h=315]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZZIxyY23IA&w=560&h=315]
A very good one from Columbia University Medical Center
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nYoUwxDAw&w=560&h=315]
Compilation of OCD characters in well-known motion pictures
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI7NPbxIMIU&w=560&h=315]
See also:
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) on VeryWellMind.com
- http://www.intrusivethoughts.org
- Book recommendations by the IOCDF
- Brochures in many languages about OCD
- Wikipedia: Brain in a vat
- Know if You Have OCD (Français: savoir si vous souffrez de trouble obsessionnel compulsif, Español: saber si sufres del trastorno obsesivo compulsivo, Bahasa Indonesia: Mengenali Gangguan Obsesif Kompulsif, Português: Saber se Você tem TOC, Русский: определить, что у вас обсессивно–компульсивное расстройство)
- Deal with Change (Español: lidiar con el cambio, Français: accepter des changements non désirés, Português: Lidar com a Mudança, 中文: 应对变化, Русский: справиться с переменами, Bahasa Indonesia: Menghadapi Perubahan, العربية: التعامل مع التغيير)
- Manage OCD (Español: controlar el TOC, Français: gérer un TOC, Русский: справиться с ОКР, Português: Controlar o TOC, Bahasa Indonesia: Menangani OCD, العربية: التعامل مع اضطراب الوسواس القهري)
- Help Someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Português: Ajudar Alguém com Transtorno Obsessivo Compulsivo, Español: ayudar a alguien con trastorno obsesivo compulsivo, Русский: помочь человеку с обсессивно компульсивным расстройством, Bahasa Indonesia: Menolong Penyandang Gangguan Obsesif Kompulsif, Français: aider quelqu’un qui souffre de troubles obsessionnels compulsifs (TOC), العربية: مساعدة شخص يعاني من الوسواس القهري)