Sociopathic students Artie Straus (Bradford Dillman) and Judd Steiner (Dean Stockwell) murder a boy in a philosophical exercise to commit the flawless crime. Despite their precautions, one of them inadvertently left a key piece of evidence at the crime scene, and they have been arrested and put on trial. It’s up to their nationally famous attorney (Orson Welles) to save these misguided souls from execution. The film is based on the infamous Leopold and Loeb case of 1924.

Leopold

Cast: Orson Welles (Jonathan Wilk), Dean Stockwell (Judd Steiner), Bradford Dillman (Arthur Strauss), Diane Varsi (Ruth Evans), E.G. Marshall (District Attorney Harold Horn), Martin Milner (Sid Brooks). BW-103m.

Compulsion or Addiction? The difference between compulsive behaviors and addiction is urge versus need. A compulsion is an insatiable urge to do something. Addiction is a need to do something to experience pleasure or remove discomfort.

When you begin to obsess, write down all your thoughts or compulsions.

1. Keep writing as the OCD urges continue, aiming to record exactly what you’re thinking, even if you’re repeating the same phrases or the same urges over and over.
2. Writing it all down will help you see just how repetitive your obsessions are.

Obsessions are unwanted, intrusive thoughts, images, or urges that trigger intensely distressing feelings. Compulsions are behaviors an individual engages in to attempt to get rid of the obsessions and/or decrease his or her distress.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a chronic condition. This means it won’t fix itself and is generally not cured completely. So to the first question: OCD does not go away on its own, without treatment.

Compulsions are repetitive activities that you do to reduce the anxiety caused by the obsession. It could be something like repeatedly checking a door is locked, repeating a specific phrase in your head or checking how your body feels.

Common Compulsions in OCD

• Washing hands excessively or in a certain way.
• Excessive showering, bathing, tooth brushing, grooming or toilet routines.
• Cleaning household items or other objects excessively.
• Doing other things to prevent or remove contact with contaminants.

Obsessive compulsive disorder: How to help your child

1. Make sure that parents and caregivers take a consistent approach in helping a child manage their OCD.
2. Accommodation and enabling OCD reinforce the disorder rather than weaken it.
3. Rewards and brief praise provide important incentives for children to work through their OCD.

It won’t go away on its own. And sometimes children who have OCD go on to have other emotional health problems later in life. Getting professional treatment for your child with OCD is important.

We conclude that paternal controlling and interfering rearing attitudes are linked to the development of OCD, and depression with obsessive traits, and not linked to the development of depression itself.

What Are Signs of OCD in Children and Teens?

• Fear of dirt or germs.
• Fear of contamination.
• A need for symmetry, order, and precision.
• Religious obsessions.
• Preoccupation with body wastes.
• Lucky and unlucky numbers.
• Sexual or aggressive thoughts.
• Fear of illness or harm coming to oneself or relatives.