http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemin...06/1789076.htm

Rituals, checking the stove, repetitive thoughts. Everyday patterns for all of us, but when they go awry, the impact of these imps of the mind is devastating and life-consuming. This week, a provocative theory with new, convincing science - could Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in some children be triggered by a common bout of strep throat? And, nipping the obsessions and compulsions in the bud - one parent's story, and a pilot project already changing the lives of young people plagued by OCD.



Transcripts go up on Thursdays after the program is first broadcast. Some relevant links and references below. Audio published on Saturdays.
Guests

Susan Swedo
Senior investigator
Head, Paediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry branch.
National Institute of Mental Health
http://neuroscience.nih.gov/Lab.asp?Org_ID=448

David Castle
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Melbourne
St Vincent's Hospital
http://www.psychiatry.unimelb.edu.au/

Kathryn I'Anson
Director
Anxiety Recovery Centre (ARCVic)
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.arcvic.com.au/

Mother
of a teenage daughter diagnosed with OCD
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