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When OCD meets COVID-19

When OCD meets COVID-19

FromThe Take


When OCD meets COVID-19

FromThe Take

ratings:
Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Sep 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can manifest itself in different ways, but for many, it includes unshakeable fears about contamination or germs. Add a global pandemic to the mix, and life gets much more difficult for the estimated two percent of the population with OCD. So how are they coping?In this episode: Jason Adam Katzenstein (@JasonAdamK and @j.a.k._), contributor to The New Yorker and Current Affairs, editor at The Brick House Cooperative; Dr. Christine Purdon (@Freudulant), Professor of Psychology, University of Waterloo; guest host Mohammed Jamjoom (@MIJamjoom,@mohammedjamjoom)Connect with The Take: Twitter (@ajthetake), Instagram (@ajthetake) and Facebook (@TheTakePod)
Released:
Sep 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Making sense of the world, one story at a time. Host Malika Bilal and journalists from Al Jazeera's international bureaus and beyond share their take on the most important stories every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.