The OCD Project

The OCD Project is an American reality television series that debuted on May 27, 2010.^[1] The series follows Dr. David Tolin and his exposure-based treatment of six patients living together in a Southern California mansion.^[2][3] The treatment, called exposure and response prevention, can seem unorthodox, but is the leading evidence-based treatment for OCD.^[4][5]

The OCD Project
Genre	Reality
Starring	David Tolin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Adam Greener J.D. Roth Jeff Olde Jill Holmes Matt Assmus Noah Pollack Todd Nelson
Running time	42 minutes
Production company	3 Ball Productions
Original release
Network	VH1
Release	May 27 (2010-05-27) – July 15, 2010 (2010-07-15)

Cast

Cast Member	Presenting OCD Symptom
Arine Hayrapetian[6]	Fear of running over pedestrians (specifically babies) while driving, Fear of contamination, Fear of getting a disease (specifically HIV).[6]
Traci Portillo[2]	Fear of her son's death (specifically by cancer)[2]
Cody Lindemuth	Fear of turning into someone else[7]
Jerry Garrison	Fear of becoming a "psycho killer"
Kevin Suscavage	Fear of hurting someone with a single thought (putting a hex on someone) (left the show episode 6)[8]
Kristen Love	Fear of contamination (specifically from males)[7]

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Arrival"	May 27, 2010 (2010-05-27)	0.55[9]
2	"What's Your Problem"	June 3, 2010 (2010-06-03)	0.84[10]
3	"Today It Begins"	June 10, 2010 (2010-06-10)	0.54[11]
4	"Family Therapy"	June 17, 2010 (2010-06-17)	0.50[12]
5	"The Hospital"	June 24, 2010 (2010-06-24)	0.44[13]
6	"Extreme Exposures"	July 1, 2010 (2010-07-01)	0.54[14]
7	"Home Environments"	July 8, 2010 (2010-07-08)	0.41[15]
8	"Last Day of Treatments and 3 Months Later Followups"	July 15, 2010 (2010-07-15)	0.39[16]