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...somber moments are more affecting, and ultimately more relatable. What the new “Sunshine” has that the old lacks is, quite simply, Norah. Brash and deadpan, her idea of lulling her nephew to sleep is telling him a bedtime story about a man with OCD. British actress Blunt—best known for her role as the bitchy co-worker in “The Devil Wears Prada”—adds just the right amount of sensitivity to undercut her character’s sarcastic wit, which would grow tiresome in the hands...
...Alice Domar: It's certainly a diagnosis that falls within the range of obsessive-compulsive disorder. But the way I'm looking at it is not for women who meet the criteria as a true OCD perfectionist. I'm talking about your average, everyday woman who feels uncomfortable going to bed if there are dishes in the sink. Or who feels guilty if she goes out to dinner and leaves her kids with a sitter more than once a month. Or who has a hard time finishing a project at work because she feels it isn't quite good enough...
...depends on how intense it is. The goal of the book is for the average person who doesn't need therapy, who really just needs to let up a little and enjoy life a little more. There are certainly people out there who have OCD. When we talked to women, if they made chicken, they would spend an hour sterilizing their kitchen. So those are the people who do need more than read a book...
...benefits of DBS would have a similar expiration date for a degenerative disease like Alzheimer's, but in the case of anxiety or mood disorders like OCD or depression, it could effectively serve as a cure. "People with OCD don't typically have a degenerative course of illness," says Dr. Ben Greenberg, a professor of psychiatry at the Brown University Medical School and the leader of the OCD work that led to the application for FDA approval. "They should thus get more disability-free years...
...While OCD and depression patients would be required to exhaust all other remedies before opting for something as extreme as DBS, those suffering from traumatic brain injury have few such options. Right now, from 100,000 to 300,000 Americans have suffered sufficient brain trauma to be classified as minimally conscious--a number that is growing as soldiers wounded by shrapnel come home from Iraq. Twenty percent of minimally conscious patients recover well enough to return to the community and resume their lives. Others never do. Still others drift at the functional margins, needing just a boost to cross...