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Straits Times
4 days ago
- Health
- Straits Times
The unexpected symptoms of OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder involves a set of obsessions and compulsions that causes great distress and affects people's quality of life. PHOTO: VANESSA SABA/NYTIMES NEW YORK – When most people think of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) , they may picture behaviours they have seen on TV – like repetitive hand-washing, flicking light switches on and off, and meticulously arranging small items over and over. But the disorder manifests in many other ways. Some patients obsess over thoughts that they might hurt someone, while others fixate on certain aspects of their personal relationships. American comedienne Maria Bamford, for example, has called her OCD 'unwanted thoughts syndrome'. On talk show The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, she shared a story about how she could not stop thinking horrific thoughts about her family members. On social media, people describe many types of obsessions and compulsions: 'relationship OCD', 'sexual orientation OCD', 'emotional contamination OCD'. These are not separate diagnoses, but different expressions of the same disorder – much like how people with phobias can suffer from different fears, said Dr Carolyn Rodriguez, an OCD expert and professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Stanford Medicine. Understanding these distinctions can help clinicians tailor a precise treatment plan, she added. And they are important for the public to grasp as well. Otherwise, people who experience the disorder might not recognise that they have it, Dr Rodriguez said. People who are fearful of harming others might think, 'Maybe I am a murderer', she added. 'If I tell anybody these things, I'm going to be put in jail.' Here is what to know about the diverse ways that OCD shows up. First, what is OCD? OCD involves a set of obsessions and compulsions that causes great distress and affects people's quality of life. Obsessions can include unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges that dominate the mind. Compulsions are repetitive actions that people take in response to their obsessions to try to help themselves feel better. These symptoms can be time-consuming, lasting for at least an hour a day, according to the diagnostic manual used by mental health practitioners. If someone worries excessively that he or she will set the house on fire by accidentally leaving the stove on, for instance, he or she might check again and again to make sure the knobs are in the off position. About 2.3 per cent of American adults are estimated to have had OCD at some point in their lifetime, according to the United States' National Institute of Mental Health . Women are more likely to receive a diagnosis than men. More research is needed to further understand the origins of OCD, which is thought to have genetic and environmental causes. What are the different types of OCD? While all people with the disorder have obsessions and compulsions, 'OCD across patients is almost never exactly the same', said Dr Jeremy Tyler, co-chief of ambulatory psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. People with OCD can differ in many ways, including whether they have tics – involuntary, repetitive movements or vocalisations. Patients also vary in their degree of insight – their level of awareness of being ill – as well as in how they feel when their symptoms are triggered. Another way patients differ is in the content of their obsessions and compulsions. Concerns about contamination, a need for symmetry or order, forbidden or taboo thoughts, and a fear of harming others or yourself are common themes, said Dr Helen Blair Simpson, a psychiatry professor and OCD researcher at Columbia University. The International OCD Foundation lists other themes as well, including sexual thoughts; fixations on relationships; worries that tie into responsibility, like being responsible for something terrible happening; and fears related to perfectionism, like showing excessive worry about making mistakes. Patients and therapists have labelled some of these themes in online forums, coining terms like 'symmetry and order OCD' and 'perfectionism OCD'. Creating names for different expressions of OCD may help sufferers feel less alone, Dr Rodriguez said. Often, more than one theme can be present at the same time, and the content of a person's obsession or compulsion can change over the course of the disorder, experts said. How is OCD treated? OCD is typically treated with an antidepressant, exposure and response prevention therapy, or both. Therapy involves asking patients to experience their stress and anxiety without performing a compulsive act in response. Therapists will also encourage patients to allow their obsessions to surface rather than continually try to push them away. It is particularly important for therapists to know someone's 'type' when carrying out exposure and response prevention therapy, because clinicians can then ensure their patients are being exposed to the precise type of situations that typically stir up their obsessions, Dr Tyler noted. 'I eat food off the ground with people; I hold knives with people,' he said. It may sound wild, he added, but in the process, patients learn that the thing they fear most is not likely to happen. NYTIMES Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
CNN Chief Operating Officer Heads Back to Warner Bros. Discovery
After a two-year stint managing CNN's business during a leadership and strategy transition, David Leavy is heading back to his longtime home at parent company Warner Bros. Discovery. The executive had joined as chief operating officer of the cable news network during the short-lived Chris Licht-led era then stepped in to co-lead the brand days later after Licht was fired in June 2023. More from The Hollywood Reporter C-SPAN's Next Big Bet Is a "Radically Different" Sort of Cable News Show: 'CeaseFire' CNN to Air Live Broadcast of George Clooney's 'Good Night and Good Luck' in Broadway First CNN Sending Eva Longoria to France as 'Searching For' Franchise Expands (Exclusive) 'David arrived at CNN in tumultuous times and did a brilliant job stabilizing the company at a difficult moment,' read a note from CNN president Mark Thompson to staff on Wednesday. 'During the transition he led CNN jointly with Amy Entelis, Virginia Moseley and Eric Sherling and played a central part helping me into my role as chairman and CEO before, as COO, leading multiple organizations and teams across revenue, promotion, operations and data.' Leavy, who had spent two decades at Discovery prior to parachuting in to CNN during a moment of uncertainty, will return to the Warners corporate fold in an unspecified role. 'David will spend the next month or so ensuring a smooth transition, which should also give everyone who's worked with him a chance to say thank you for his major contribution during his tour of duty here,' Thompson wrote. At the time of his appointment two years ago, CNN was in the middle of an overhaul executed by Licht that involved significantly reworking the channel's programming to combat declining ratings and multiple on-air talent shuffles. Licht, who joined the brand in 2022 after time as a producer at Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, had his tenure cut short after Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav pulled the plug. ('I take full responsibility,' Zaslav said at the time.) Leavy was then tasked with ensuring a steady transition to the next leadership era at CNN, which kicked off months later when former BBC and New York Times executive Mark Thompson was named its new chief. Now just shy of two years at CNN, Thompson is executing a digital pivot that includes pushing for online subscribers, a strategy that proved successful for the Times as the paper amassed 11.7 million paying subs. That includes CNN launching a new standalone streaming service (apart from the pay TV bundle), with pricing to-be-determined, this fall. Thompson noted a slew of org chart reporting changes as Leavy returns to Warners. 'Following his departure, Phil Nelson's international commercial and revenue teams and Emily Kuhn's communications organization will report into me, as will Sam Felix in her role as overall head of partnerships. Paul Crum's Newsource groups will report into Phil. I will continue to work closely and directly with Karen Bronzo and her creative marketing organization. John Davies' Studio and Tech Ops will report into Eric Sherling's programming team,' the CNN chief wrote. Thompson added, 'Jamie Benedict's strategy team and Nick Cavaliere's research group will now all report to Adam Cohn, our CFO, and Christine Yi will also now report into Adam's team. John Courtney's Image + Sound teams will report into Virginia Moseley's Global News organization, and Stacey Wolf's business affairs team will move under Amy Entelis' leadership. Anne Gordon, David's longtime trusted right hand, will stay with him and also transition to WBD.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Paul Giamatti Says He Finally Got on the Phone With Cher After Years of Missed Calls – Here's What She Wanted to Talk About
Paul Giamatti and Cher finally connected and spoke last year after years of phone tag. While appearing on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Thursday, the actor reminisced about the host being on his podcast and mentioning that his number one dream guest was Cher. Colbert admitted to putting some of his weight behind the proposal and asked on Giamatti's most recent visit to his show if he managed to track the singer down. Apparently the two finally connected after years of missed calls at the end of 2024. 'Cut to me working in Toronto, I'm in a hotel room and the phone rings,' Giamatti said. 'I'm watching 'Rockford Files' or something on the television and the phone rings, it's an unknown number, it's from California. I pick it up and a voice says, 'Hey, it's me.'' Colbert asked if Giamatti knew who it was and the actor exclaimed, 'Immediately!' 'I was like, 'Cher?!'' he added. 'It was Cher. She called and I talked to her for about half an hour. Lovely woman. She had been wanting to call me, I wasn't trying to call her. For years, I'd heard she'd been trying to call me.' Pressed by Colbert what they talked about for 30 minutes, Giamatti reveealed, 'She wanted to tell me how much she liked me in 'John Adams.'' He then quipped: 'Only about 15 years after I was actually on it.' 'Cher's a busy woman,' Colbert replied. 'And evidently you're hard to find.' Giamatti and Cher's legendary game of phone tag had been going on for years before Colbert helped finally connect the two. While promoting 'The Holdovers' in 2023, the actor explained the situation on 'The Howard Stern Show.' 'Every now and then I get a message from somebody that says Cher — she really needs to talk to me, like it's important, like it's crucial that she talks to me,' Giamatti said on the show. 'And I'm like, 'What the f–k? Why does Cher want to talk to me?' Nobody will tell me, and then I never hear anything. And then a year will go by and it happens again.' Thankfully, now we know it is because Cher is one of the biggest 'John Adams' fans around. The post Paul Giamatti Says He Finally Got on the Phone With Cher After Years of Missed Calls – Here's What She Wanted to Talk About | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Son of Longtime ‘Letterman' Producer Charged With Attempted Murder
Arlo Willner, the 20-year-old son of late Saturday Night Live music sketch producer Hal Willner and wife Sheila Rogers, an Emmy-winning producer who has worked for Saturday Night Live, The Late Late Show and The Late Show With David Letterman, has been charged with attempted murder after a knife attack outside of a bar in Manhattan over the weekend. Willner was arrested at 3:35 a.m. after he allegedly stabbed three people outside of Sally's Bar at 129 Lexington Ave. More from The Hollywood Reporter Brody Jenner Signs With UTA for Music and Touring (Exclusive) Backstreet Boys' Howie Dorough Talks Handbag Line, Hotel Opening and the One Epic Move Fans Are Dying to See at "Movie-Like" Las Vegas Residency Trump Calls For "Major Investigation" Into Springsteen, Beyoncé Appearances at Kamala Harris Rallies According to a criminal complaint obtained by the New York Post, Willner allegedly approached three men outside of the bar and asked to buy cocaine. After he was told 'this was not the place for that,' the Post notes, Willner allegedly pulled out a knife and slashed one victim in the neck, another in the abdomen and a third in the shoulder. The attack came to an end, the Post reports, when one of the victims grabbed the knife and threw it in the street. The victims were taken to Bellevue hospital in stable condition. Willner was subsequently charged with attempted murder as well as charges of assault and criminal possession of a weapon. He was arraigned in Manhattan criminal court, where he pleaded not guilty and later posted bail, which had been set at $100,000 cash or $200,000 bond. His next court appearance is set for Thursday, May 22. Willner's attorney has not yet responded to The Hollywood Reporter's request for comment. Rogers has most recently worked as a talent producer for Saturday Night Live as well as SNL's 50th anniversary special and the Ladies and Gentlemen documentary looking back at the music on the long-running late-night sketch show. Prior to that she served as a co-executive producer and supervising producer for The Late Late Show With James Corden before it ended in 2023. And she spent 10 years as a producer and talent executive on The Late Show With David Letterman from 2005-2015. She also worked as a talent coordinator for Letterman's Late Night from 1991-1993. Hal Willner was a longtime music sketch producer on Saturday Night Live who died in March 2020 after having symptoms consistent with COVID-19. He was also known for assembling diverse groups of musicians to play slightly off-center work and produced scores for Gangs of New York and Talladega Nights as well as albums by Marianne Faithfull and Lou Reed. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Most Notable Deaths of 2025 Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Jasmine Crockett Breaks Down Why DOGE Is Nothing But A 'Scam' To Her
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) thinks the Department of Government Efficiency is nothing but a corrupt wolf in sheep's clothing. The Democratic lawmaker discussed her role on the House Oversight Committee and why she believes President Donald Trump's unelected cost-cutting task force is a 'scam' during an appearance on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' on Tuesday night. Crockett explained how her committee was already tasked with sniffing out 'waste, fraud and abuse' and ensuring government accountability long before Elon Musk's budget-slashing initiative arrived in Washington. 'There was already a DOGE and it was you guys?' host Colbert asked, before pointing out that members of the Oversight Committee are actually elected officials, unlike the members of DOGE. The congresswoman then said, 'DOGE is nothing but a cover-up. It's a scam.' When Colbert asked her to elaborate, the Texas politician described the operation as a thinly veiled scheme designed to benefit Musk. While Crockett understood how the project may appear to be doing 'good' on the surface, she argued it was 'really just a matter of a bad guy coming in and saying, 'Hey, I want this contract, this contract, that contract.'' ''Yes, I have a conflict of interest but no worries,'' she continued. 'And, 'Oh, while I'm at it, let me fire this person who has this many investigation they're looking into for Tesla, this person who has this many investigations that they're looking into for SpaceX. Let me save myself some money while also enriching myself of the same time.'' 'It was a complete sham,' Crockett said. 'This was never about government efficiency.' Pointing to a department she believes is truly riddled with waste, she argued that efficiency hounds should be scrutinizing the Department of Defense instead of trying to boost its budget to $1 trillion. 'They have not been able to pass an audit in the last seven audits,' she reminded viewers. 'Not a lot of efficiency,' Colbert remarked. After Trump assumed office in January, DOGE embarked on its mission with reckless abandon, slashing federal agencies,canceling contracts indiscriminately, forcing tens of thousands of federal workers out of jobs and pressuring agencies like the Social Security Administration and Internal Revenue Service to hand over highly sensitive data. But the project has also been accused of inflating its savings statistics, and after struggling to achieve its audacious $2 trillion budget-busting goal, it scaled back its target to $150 billion in April. Though Musk initially spearheaded the agency, he is no longer its top dog. Late last month, the billionaire announced he would be 'significantly' cutting back his time in D.C. to focus on his other businesses. Watch the full interview right here: 'There Is One Specific Candidate': Jasmine Crockett Hints At Dem Nominee For 2028 Newly Confirmed Social Security Commissioner Faces Bipartisan Pressure Over DOGE Cuts Jasmine Crockett Plays An Easy-To-Win Game With Trump In Wicked Takedown Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Let DOGE Access Social Security Systems
