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An article on crime novelist Patricia Cornwell finds her obsessive, vengeful, and paranoid, and confirms that she had a lesbian affair with an FBI agent (who was nearly murdered by her husband).
Indeed, alterations in AVP regulation and secretion are thought to be one possible biochemical abnormality in patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) [ 15 16 17 18 ] . This disorder is characterized by sudden, recurrent thoughts or images that intrude into consciousness (obsessions) driving stereotyped acts that the person feels compelled to perform (compulsions) [ 19 ] . Interestingly, patients with OCD show elevated basal levels of AVP in the cerebrospinal fluid and exaggerated plasma levels of AVP in response to hypertonic challenge [ 16 ] . Many patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, both compulsive eating disorders, have abnormal levels of AVP in the cerebrospinal fluid and plasma [ 15 17 ] . Pediatric patients with severe OCD have low levels of AVP in cerebrospinal fluid, while a subgroup of pediatric patients with compulsive checking rituals has elevated AVP levels [ 18 ] . Hence, there are many clinical examples of compulsive behavior associated with a perturbation in the AVP system.
Frank--ohmyGod, I had no idea I was thought to be obsessive about the Chosen People.
It has a signature, a rhythm, a silence like your voice or fingerprint, the heartline of the graph the abstract of a mountain range or large waves coming in, repeated and repeated and repeated-- a child's idea of drawing, a child's obsessive dance or nursery rhyme yet years and years of listening to this child, who will not change but does.
Critics say the conglomerates have damaged book publishing with their obsessive pursuit of "blockbusters ." Last year, 212 hardcovers sold more than 100,000 copies, establishing a new record.
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