European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Above excessive concern Watrt cleanliness and germs is of ten a part of obsessive compulsive disorder. Or. Deborah a Bedel right treats patients with anxiety disorders in her office at the Western psychiatric Institute end clinic in Pittsburgh. By Nancy Shulins associated Presse very morning Lor 20 Yoars. April Rose before Dawn. While her family slept april scrubbed sinks to ills floors doorknobs an Ever growing list sometimes she ran through it twice. On bad Days Sho d to hallway to work Blom realizing Sho d to Gollon something at Tome onco i Well out i was  she says. Going Hack in meant i had to Shower change clothes and clean House All Over  on Joe s worst Days he spent hours darting about his apartment in panic. Was the door locked Sieve olt window closed some Duys to d Check Lor hours and Syf not be sure Mike had to count the slops he look inc coins in his pocket the limes he Chood every bile though not superstitious i was counting to make sure i did do anything 13 limes to says Iii did. I olt my Walhof would die at a heart attack april Joe and Mylka Suiter Arnm obsessive compulsive disorder or centuries one of i to. Moat balding and intractable mental illnesses throughout history old sufferers Tom Samuel Johnson to Howard Hughes have been slaves to the intrusive irrational thou gals known As obsessions and Iho senseless repetitive rituals or compulsions Hal accompany them. Now breakthroughs in drug treatment and behaviour therapy Aso bringing now Hope la old victims. The discoveries coincide with mounting evidence of a link Boleen old and Olthof neurological illnesses and movement disorders sue As some terms of epilepsy Parkinson s disease.  s syndrome. Along with generating wide medical interest Tho developments Are helping ease Tho stigma Long Tell by old victims who Aie seek ing help in unprecedented numbers As a result. It Rea