Diagnosing a Celebrity with OCD Psychology Essay
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The person in question for diagnosis is the television host of “Deal or No Deal,” Howie Mandel. According to the DSM-IV guide for psychiatric evaluation, OCD is defined by either obsessions or compulsions. According to the manual, obsessions are “recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses or images that are experienced at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress,” “the thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive thoughts about real-life problems,” “the person attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, impulses, or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action,” “the person rec