This chapter is an overview of the OCD in the past, the present and the future. The author explains how OCD has shifted from being a rare disease before 1970s to being one of the most common mental illnesses in our times. OCD has always been around in all cultures according to books in which this disease is described. This chapter tries to explain the huge increase of OCD since it first was diagnosed. “The Myth of Media Exposure” theory is explained in this chapter, according to many researches once the disease was exposed to the people through the media, more and more people were able to identify themselves with OCD behavior and therefore, more people were diagnosed with this disease. Davis argued that even though this theory may be true, it cannot explain why OCD became so common nowadays. He also explains the participation of Drug Companies in the increase of OCD sufferers; Drug Companies saw a new market in OCD sufferers, and they invested money in the creation of new medicines to treat people with OCD. Nevertheless, there is not an exact explanation of how this phenomenon happens, it is true that every day there is more and more people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and it will be present around us for many years more.
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