Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: the Story of Viola (14 Years), Prisoner of Her Delusions

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It is not perfectionism or mania of order: the need to control everything hides a strong anguish that ritual behaviors try to reduce. The neuropsychiatric advice to help the kids with this disorder

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Compulsive disorders are deeply impactful, but often invisible. Researcher and psychologist Petra Butler (61) from the Open University is investigating whether virtual reality (VR) can help in the treatment of children and adolescents up to and including the age of 23 with a compulsive disorder. She has been struggling with it herself since she was 12.