Chris responds to a listener's questions about whether he can confirm an OCD-diagnosis for a listener, commenting on presentation and history of symptoms. Further, he discusses the nature of compulsive patterns and good treatment for OCD. 

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Chris talks with Dr. Eric Storch, a leading OCD-treatment specialist, and one of the psychological scientists who developed the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (YBOCS), the gold-standard tool for assessing OCD-symptoms. Chris and Dr. Storch discuss the concept of the "YBOCS Cheat Sheet," along with some of the processes that collectively form the Exposure and Response Prevention protocol.

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Chris responds to a question about the link that connects, not obsessions and compulsions, but compulsions and obsessions. 

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Chris discusses the concepts of Trace Decay Theory (of psychology) and Entropy (of physics), explaining - without apology - the necessity of repeatedly explaining important strategies. He also describes the function of actually documenting identified compulsions, noting two groups in therapy. The question is, Which one fairs better?

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Thanks for the question - very good one. Chris responds to a listener and defines compulsions from a couple of vantage points. 

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Chris responds to a listener's question - A follow up on our series on uncertainty. So, true or false? Or, is it a trick question?

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Chris discusses the prevailing treatments for PTSD, and the weird animus that tends to stand between them.

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Chris breaks down the reality of uncertainty, and explains how we can either work with uncertainty, or against it. 

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Chris talks behind and beyond all the technical language and diagnostic criteria of OCD. The condition, whatever it is, centers on a life-dimension common to humanity. But some people just don't find this dimension very distressing - lucky them. Others, on the other hand, find it very distressing. But theirs liberty in realizing the reality that this dimension is unchangeable. It gives birth to the question, How can we work to tolerate, and live life in light of uncertainty? 

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