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The clinical diagnosis: Obsessive compulsive disorder. The treatment: Cognitive behavioural therapy. 18 in depth questionnaires; 24 hours of therapy; 1 clinical pyschologist; 31 behavioural experiments; 56 hours of homework. 501 days (and counting) since discharge. In This Room, Laura Jane Dean draws on her own experiences of living with OCD and reveals the actualities and artefacts of a therapeutic process. Working with neuroscientists from the University of Cambridge and a CBT therapist from the Maudsley Hospital, Laura attempts to understand what it means to be ill and what it might mean to get better.