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People <strong>and</strong> Places - Emotional Contamination in OCD<br />

6/14/13<br />

PEOPLE <strong>and</strong> PLACES: EMOTIONAL <br />

CONTAMINATION in OCD: A COMMON <br />

BUT MISUNDERSTOOD <br />

CONTAMINATION PHOBIA <br />

Katharine Donnelly, Ph.D. <br />

Sony Khemlani-­‐Patel, Ph.D. <br />

Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D., ABBP, ABPP <br />

_____________________ <br />

Bio Behavioral Instute <br />

Great Neck, New York <br />

www.biobehavioralinstute.com <br />

516-­‐487-­‐7116 <br />

WHAT IS EMOTIONAL CONTAMINATION <br />

• Subtype of contaminaon OCD in which: <br />

– person believes specific people <strong>and</strong> places are <br />

contaminated <br />

• Thought object fusion – Belief that thoughts, events, <br />

or feelings can be transferred onto objects <br />

• Feeling “morally polluted” by another person <br />

• Also called “magical” contaminaon <br />

• Characterized by magical <strong>and</strong> supersous beliefs <br />

WHAT IS EMOTIONAL CONTAMINATION <br />

• FEAR OF PEOPLE <br />

1. Fear of “catching” something from another person <br />

• Negave personality trait(s) <br />

• A disability or specific characterisc by contact <br />

– Blindness, mental retardaon, physical disability, <br />

becoming homosexual <br />

2. Aversion to a specific person – general sense of disgust <br />

3. Aversion to a specific person as a result of a significant <br />

traumac interacon <br />

• FEAR OF A GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION <br />

1. Due to a personal experience <br />

• Linked to a trauma or significant event <br />

2. General supersous reacon to a place <br />

• Contact will lead to bad luck, death <br />

COMMON COMPULSIONS AND AVOIDANCE <br />

• Compulsions similar to other OCD <br />

– Washing, checking <br />

– Ordering/arranging <br />

• Avoidance behaviors <br />

– Avoidance of contact with person or place <br />

– Avoidance of numbers, words, places associated with <br />

the person or place <br />

– A^empts to erase the internal thoughts <strong>and</strong>/or <br />

images of an event <br />

– Magical transmission of the contaminant <br />

• Photographs, conversaon <br />

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