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Driving Fears & Driving Avoidance in Teens & Young Drivers

Driving Fears & Driving Avoidance in Teens & Young Drivers

by Steven J. Seay, Ph.D. | Dec 13, 2016 | Agoraphobia, Anxiety, CBT, Checking-Related Symptoms, Harm-Related Symptoms, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Panic

Driving fears and avoidance in teens may reflect normal development or possibly an emerging anxiety disorder.Reader Question: My daughter just turned 15, and no matter what I say, I can't seem to convince her to practice her driving. It's strange, because in the past,...

Hit-and-Run OCD vs. Other Driving Fears

Hit-and-Run OCD vs. Other Driving Fears

by Steven J. Seay, Ph.D. | Dec 11, 2016 | Checking-Related Symptoms, Conditions, Featured, Harm-Related Symptoms, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Hit-and-run OCD can be distinguished from other driving-related fears on the basis of a person's core fear and his/her response to it.What is hit-and-run OCD? Hit-and-run OCD (sometimes called MVA-OCD) is a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder that involves...

Hit-and-Run OCD

Hit-and-Run OCD

by Steven J. Seay, Ph.D. | Feb 18, 2012 | Featured, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Hit-and-run OCD involves the fear of causing accidental injury or death while driving."Hit and run" OCD involves the fear of accidentally hitting a pedestrian while driving.  In most cases of hit-and-run obsessive-compulsive disorder, fears focus on unintentionally...

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