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Contents 1 spelling 2 Some sources 3 To do 4 Helpful article 5 Blasphemous religious thoughts

[edit] spelling

Isn't it an "Obsessive-compulsive disorder"? I think there is a spelling mistake on your main article.

[edit] Some sources

Beginning to add some info here for future ref - this article needs a complete rewrite: SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:21, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

• Baer, Lee. The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts. New York, Dutton, 2001. ISBN 0525945628
  • http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/159/11/1952-a
  • http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1175/is_2_34/ai_71189928
  • http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_154_39/ai_n6360942
  • http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20010301-000050.html
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• http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/ocd_overview.htm
• Colino, Stacey. "Scary Thoughts: It's Normal for New Parents to Worry Their Baby May Face Harm. For Some Women, Though, Such Fears Become Overwhelming". The Washington Post (March 7, 2006). Retrieved on December 30, 2006.
• Osgood-Hynes, Deborah. Thinking Bad Thoughts (PDF). MGH/McLean OCD Institute, Belmont, MA, published by the OCD Foundation, Milford, CT. Retrieved on December 30, 2006.

[edit] To do

• Update information on CBT - Baer book is outdated on CBT.
• Write 3 sections describing:
  • inappropriate aggressive thoughts,
  • inappropriate sexual thoughts, and
  • blasphemous religious thoughts.

SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:00, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Excellent job by whoever wrote this article, it's important to have an article about this that's separate from the OCD article.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.75.247.88 (talk • contribs) 09:01, January 17, 2007

[edit] Helpful article

Just a comment that this article has been helpful. It's a very good starting place for people trying to figure out this kind of thought pattern. This information isn't easily found elsewhere, particularly in such understandable language. Adm58 19:57, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad you found it helpful; this is what it was before I reworked it. Actually, the Baer book is a very quick, easy read. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:14, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

thinking of patients I know suffering from OCD on hygiene or illness, and others suffering from intrusive thoughts of harming loved ones, wondered if the thoughts could be better described as 'nightmare' (not real, not true) thoughts, or anxious/disaster/what if/catastrophic thoughts, rather than 'bad' thoughts? also, rather than 'anxiety provoking', in the patients I know, they have often been the result of nervous breakdowns or anxiety so bad that it has become an illness - I wondered if the emotional nature of the thoughts might help with a better description? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.70.157.55 (talk) 10:24, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I also want to compliment the writer on the clarity and succinctness of this article. Thank you for your work. I'm a little surprised at the 'start' rating, but I'm not sure how to recommend raising the rating. MJ_Skopje Mj skopje (talk) 12:42, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Why, thanks; it was an easy little article that came to my attention when I saw it mentioned at WP:LOCE. Since I wrote most of it, I can't raise the rating to B, but anyone else can if they believe it meets the criteria. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:00, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Blasphemous religious thoughts

I am concerned that this section is a bit 'POV'. The idea that 'blasphemous thoughts' are 'intrusive', or otherwise bad, seems a bit manipulative. If people have doubts about their religious views, then positing such doubts as a psychological defect is just a clever way of keeping them religious. This should probably be acknowledged in this section; if religious belief is incorrect, then the idea that blasphemous thoughts are 'intrusive' is moot. Spandrawn (talk) 22:54, 16 March 2008 (UTC)