Molly believed she was a pedophile – before learning that what she was actually struggling with was a form of OCD called pOCD. The post Woman thought she was a pedophile until a medical condition ...

A woman who wrongly thought she was a paedophile has opened up about how her health condition continues to affect her today ...

Jennie Kuckertz, PhD, and Martha Falkenstein, PhD, contributed to this post. Drs. Kuckertz and Falkenstein are clinical psychologists at McLean Hospital’s OCD Institute. Intrusive thoughts are normal.

A woman whose health condition left her thinking she was a paedophile has explained some of the other symptoms she experiences ...

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