Usually the topics I discuss in this blog involve potentially harmful or pseudoscientific practices, but this posting is an exception and just the opposite. I have some good news, for a change. Dr David Tolin is an expert in treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and in the reality show, The OCD Project, people can watch evidence-based practice in action. Dr. Tolin uses Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) on the six participants on the show.
Man that looks intense! So who is the attractive shoe licking mad man narrating the video? His name is Dr. David Tolin and he will be the one responsible for running these folks through the ringers. For the folks who are curious like I am here is some information on the good (good and whacked out) doctor.
Dr. David Tolin is the founder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at The Institute of Living. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Tolin received his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas, and completed a predoctoral internship at Tufts University School of Medicine/VA Medical Center, Boston.
In VH1's new show sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder are urged to push through their worst fears and break their compulsions. Under the care of Dr. David Tolin and a medical supervision crew, six participants of The OCD Project move into a house for three weeks to undergo an extreme treatment process known as Exposure and Response Prevention, founded on the principle that obsessive-compulsive disorder can be conquered through repeated and prolonged exposure to feared situations, activities or thoughts.
