Essentials: The Science & Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Welcome to Huberman Lab Essentials. Where we revisit past episodes. For the most potent and actionable science based tools. for mental health, physical health, and performance. I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.
Today we are talking about obsessive compulsive disorder. Or O C D. First of all, as the name suggests O C D includes thoughts or obsessions. And compulsions, which are actions.
The obsessions and the compulsions are often linked. In fact, most of the time the obsessions and the compulsions are linked such that the compulsion, the behavior is designed to relieve the obsession. However, one of the hallmark themes of obsessive compulsive disorder is that the obsessions are intrusive.
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