In previous episodes, I’ve hacked a path through Electroconvulsive Therapy and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, trying to reveal some of the secrets in those jungles.  Now I am turning my machete to a different landscape: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD for short.  The name is confusing, because the writers of the DSM decided to name a personality disorder Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder or OCPD, but this podcast is not about a personality disorder.  It is about a neuropsychiatric disorder. I’m going to try to wrap our collective heads around the concept of the OCD itself.  And for that, we’ll need a little history lesson which starts by asking the question: What’s in a name?