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A new study by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center has found that children as young as four can develop full-blown obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and often exhibit many of the same OCD characteristics typically seen in older kids.
The study, published online by the Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, is the largest sample of young children with OCD published to date.
Having OCD definitely sucks! As if there isn’t enough to deal with in life. Getting well is hard work too. All this would be enough on your plate, if it weren’t for further problems that can come up when some people’s families get involved in their OCD too. Sure, they mean well, and they think they are helping, but a lot of times they don’t do the right thing because they just don’t really understand what it’s like. How could anybody understand something like OCD if they don’t actually have it?
