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Living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Checking, double-checking and second-guessing are all within the realm of normal, everyday behavior. But when does this sort of behavior cross the line into obsession? Guests talk about the diagnosis and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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Living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Checking, double-checking and second-guessing are all within the realm of normal, everyday behavior. But when does this sort of behavior cross the line into obsession? Guests talk about the diagnosis and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Jeff Bell, author of Rewind, Replay, Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; afternoon co-anchor at KCBS

Dr. Wayne Goodman, director of the Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development at the National Institute of Mental Health