McIngvale, E., Bakos-Block, C., Hart, J., Bordnick, P....

McIngvale, E., Bakos-Block, C., Hart, J., Bordnick, P. S. (2012) defines Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) as a neurobiological illness characterized by unwanted thoughts and/or images followed by repetitive rituals. About 5 million Americans live with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. OCD is a manageable illness when proper interventions are utilized. Treatment for OCD is limited due to the lack of adequately trained professionals and the high costs of treatment. Melvin Udall suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Berzoff (2011) states obsessions are intrusive, recurrent, and persistent stereotypic thoughts, images, and ideas. They cause marked anxiety and distress. The thoughts are not simply excessive worries about real-life†¦show more content†¦Routine is a necessity for Melvin, if one thing in his normal routine is disrupted, whether it is people eating at â€Å"his table,† or the waitress that normally brings him his food is not at the restaurant he becomes quite irritable. Melvin gets very uncomfortable and almost panicked in these situations and often uses sharp-tongued insults in order to calm himself down, or to get his way. It is almost as if Melvin has no regard for those around him, he is only concerned with himself. This is linked to the disorder, the obsessive thoughts that he has can only be fixed by one thing, the daily compulsions that he has in order to avoid some serious disaster that would occur if these daily rituals are not completed. Melvin also will not walk on a crack or line in the sidewalk, again to avert from some serious disaster occurring. Melvin Udall suffers from OCD very prevalently in his life. No matter he is at home or outside, he has the unwanted obsession thoughts of contamination all the time, and therefore engages in many different kinds of compulsion behavior. It is not easy to assert his age of onset. However, we know his occupation is writer who works at home and he has lived alone for many years. Probably the symptoms of OCD showed up since he began his novelist career or maybe his symptoms happed earlier during his young adulthood or adolescent even childhood. He had seen a counselor two years ago. Therefore he is aware of his own