The missing grey cells that help to create an obsessive - The Times 26th November 2007

Scientists at Cambridge have found changes in the brain that are linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder. The condition is quite common, affecting 2 to 3 per cent of the population, and is marked by obsessions and constantly repeated actions. In the film As Good As It Gets, Jack Nicholson played a novelist with the disorder whose obsessive behaviour made normal relationships almost impossible. He could not get out of bed without tapping his slippers first, and avoided cracks in the pavement while walking down the street.

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Brain scans 'may detect OCD risk' - BBC Health News 26th November 2007