27 Jan 2015

Feature interview - OCD David Adam

From Afternoons, 3:10 pm on 27 January 2015

Obsessive use of hand sanitizer, irrational fear of disease, a tidy desk that goes beyond perfectionism: these are some of the signs of OCD- obsessive compulsive disorder. David Adam is a science reporter who knows first hand how debilitating OCD can be. His new book The Man Who Couldn't Stop describes his own struggles with OCD and how medical treatments for the disorder have changed over the years.