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The OCD Strep-Connection
OCD as an Autoimmune Disorder By Marc W. Reitman, MD Western Suffolk Psychological Services, Inc., Huntington, New York Over the last ten years, there has appeared a mounting body of evidence that suggests there is a small subgroup of individuals whose childhood onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders may have been triggered by streptococcal throat infections. This association of an infectious cause with a neurobiological disorder may also be true for tic disorders, such as Tourette’s Disorder, Trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling),...
read moreCoping with Terrorism: For People with Anxiety
Help for People with Anxiety by Bruce M. Hyman, Ph.D. The September 11, 2001 attacks upon the World Trade Center and the Pentagon has had an unprecedented effect upon many aspect of our daily lives. The , horrifying, almost surreal nature of the attack itself, the profoundly tragic loss of life, the massive destruction, has effected all of us in ways both subtle and profound. We are struck by feelings of outrage and despair for the cruel and senseless destruction of innocent life, followed by feelings of grief and anger and toward the...
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