The term was coined by Dr. William Alexander Hammond in 1879 when describing a case of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) exhibited in repeatedly washing one's hands.

Who wants porn when they can get real prostitutes? OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE OPPRESSION SCENARIO Just banning the sites will give people a false sense of oppression another blow at freedom of choice.

And consider treating psychotic disorders and I want this involved with the TED group such as obsessive compulsive disorder that, presently, is not well treated with drugs, and includes five million Americans.

Schizophrenia occurs along with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) considerably more often than could be explained by chance, although it can be difficult to distinguish obsessions that occur in OCD from the delusions of schizophrenia.

And, of the 100,000 dollar prize money, that TED was so generous to give me, I am donating 50,000 dollars to the NeuroPace people to get on with the treatment of OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder, and I'm making another 50,000 available for a company to optimize the design of the device for migraines.

So we must make sense of how the world of faith interacts with the compulsive process of globalization.

Obsessive suicidal thinking and paralyzing lack of motivation allow depressed patients to be classified as psychotic as well.

His work is noted for its satire and parody of popular culture, social critique, and an obsessive attention to detail.

And even being here I mean the last few days, I've known really heights of obsessive behavior I never thought about.

The No campaign has been vigorous, comprising a motley crew of aging Marxists, anti globalization protestors, traditional euroskeptics, and obsessive sovereigntists.

I have a pretty obsessive personality, he says. And once I got into it, it was all I could think of.

Maradona's helpless soul was suffocated by the people's obsessive and suffocating love at the same time, he couldn't live without that addictive drug.

The irrational, obsessive promises made by scientists and physicians in the past few decades have, in a way, institutionalized the denial of death.

He asserted that we can have meaningful leisure rather than destructive unemployment, and that we do not need a whirling dervish economy dependent on compulsive consumption.

In each case, we see obsessive people arrogating to themselves the right to decide others fate, and using modern technology for their harmful purposes.

The point is not to turn everyone into an obsessive calorie , weight , or step counter, but to get people to be better self manipulators.

But, ever since Suleman hit the news stream, dozens of media outlets have begun to report, with a kind of obsessive revulsion, on her every move.

From the perspective of the European Union (and many liberal Serbs), this narrative has the familiar ring of jingoism, obsessive self regard, and an enduring attachment to victimhood.

This reassessment of male sexual privilege and irresponsibility in the 1960 s has occurred in other arenas as well reinforcing the transformation of Kennedy s image from charming playboy to dangerously compulsive predator.

The reasons were always the same politico religious fanaticism and the blunder of challenging the prevailing world powers hence modern Zionism s obsessive quest for a binding alliance with a superpower.

The addictive potential is also identical just as gamblers and cocaine users can become compulsive, needing to gamble or snort more and more to get the same dopamine boost, so can men consuming pornography become hooked.

You know, my partners at Kleiner and I were compulsive networkers, and so when we see a big problem or an opportunity like avian flu or personalized medicine, we just get together the smartest people we know.

At EG'08, Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It's an entertaining adventure through the mind of a creative obsessive.

The conscious expression of this dream is an obsessive response to the certainty of biological death the belief that a big enough win in the game of science will beat death itself by conferring a form of immortality on the winner.

One of the more ironic results of the region s changing political configuration is that Israel now perceives a strategic convergence with Saudi Arabia. Despite their political systems deep differences, they both favor the regional status quo, and they share an obsessive suspicion of Iran.

He Jacob said , I will never send him with you until you give me a solemn pledge , before God , that you will indeed bring him back to me , unless you yourselves are trapped in a compulsive situation . And when they had given him their solemn pledge , Jacob said , God shall be witness to all that we say .

He Jacob said , I will never send him with you until you give me a solemn pledge , before God , that you will indeed bring him back to me , unless you yourselves are trapped in a compulsive situation . And when they had given him their solemn pledge , Jacob said , God shall be witness to all that we say .