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OCD: When obsessive thoughts take over

Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town ,South Africa Dan Stein speaking to delegates at the Boma hotel on the update on Psychopharmacologyworkshop.PHOTO.FIDELIS KABUNYI

Steffie wakes up in the thick of the night. Not because she has an early appointment. She is confirming that the front door is locked, or the gas is turned off. This could happen twice or thrice in one night.

Not just that. The 25-year-old has super-attention to orderliness; she will constantly ensure her books and clothes are symmetrically arranged. Always.

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