The results show that, compared to a wait-list or pill placebo, BT/CBT is an effective treatment for reducing OCD symptoms and lowering the risk of having OCD after treatment.

Hoarding can be more about fear of throwing something away than about collection or saving.

Child psychiatrists have long known that sometimes O. C. D. in children can be like that, that it can come on fast, out of the blue, like a plague, and then last anywhere from days to months.