Horizon · SEASON 52
OCD: A Monster In My Mind
Episode 15 · 2015-08-26

- Documentary
Episode overview
Most of us think that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is just over fussy tidying. But it's actually much more serious. Sophie has to check that she hasn't killed people, looking for dead bodies wherever she goes, Richard is terrified of touching the bin, and Nanda is about to have pioneering brain surgery to stop her worrying about components on her body - that her eyebrow might not be aligned or that she has bad breath. Professor Uta Frith meets the people living with OCD, looks at the therapy available and asks what neuroscience can offer by way of a cure.
60 minutes
Season 52 episodes
1. Should I Eat Meat? The Big Health Dilemma2014-08-18
2. Should I Eat Meat? How to Feed the Planet2014-08-20
3. Allergies: Modern Life and Me2014-08-27
4. Inside the Dark Web2014-09-03
5. Ebola - The search for a cure2014-09-10
6. Is your Brain Male or Female?2014-09-29
7. Secrets of the Solar System2015-03-03
8. Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves2015-03-10
9. Dancing in the Dark - The End of Physics?2015-03-17
10. 70 Million Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret2015-05-11
11. Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?2015-05-20
12. The Trouble with Space Junk2015-08-05
13. Are Health Tests Really A Good Idea?2015-08-12
14. First Britons2015-08-19
15. OCD: A Monster In My Mind2015-08-26
16. Which Universe Are We In?2015-09-02
17. Cosmic Dawn: The Real Moment of Creation2015-09-09
18. Are Video Games Really That Bad?2015-09-16