here's your host dr catherine lekota step on this don't smudge on the spaces in between what's a nice game for kids can turn out to be an obsessive compulsive disorder in adults and what this is all about this is what i'm going to talk about this dr tom shaw the head of the department of psychiatry here at the clinic in berlin next to this wonderful campus welcome to good shape. and it's nice. to see. o.c.d. is ready a prevalent and painful this or that however can be treated effectively if the person overcomes his or her shame and gets the adequate treatment. by the way many famous people who are set to have suffered from o.c.d. like charles dolphin or martin luther what they have in common repetitive rituals they are fully aware of what they can stop. just one last check to see of the doors locked or the stove is off lots of people do this but for about 2000000 people in germany these habits are compulsion sufferers feel enormous pressure to perform certain behaviors again and again. people with obsessive compulsive disorder wash their hands repeatedly for extended periods of time o