Obsessive-compulsive+disorder+(OCD)

toc = = = Definition: = An anxiety disorder in which a person has recurrent obsessions and/or compulsions. p. 388 Gen Psych, Chapter 12, Pg. 388

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder of the brain and behavior. OCD causes severe anxiety in those affected. OCD involves both obsessions and compulsions that take a lot of time and get in the way of important activities the person values. OCD

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by unreasonable thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead you to do repetitive behaviors (compulsions). With obsessive-compulsive disorder, you may realize that your obsessions aren't reasonable, and you may try to ignore them or stop them. But that only increases your distress and anxiety. Ultimately, you feel driven to perform compulsive acts in an effort to ease your stressful feelings.OCD

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Kim has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and she feels an urgent need to complete certain tasks throughout the day. If she does not complete these tasks, she is faced with feelings of severe anxiety.

Everyone double checks things sometimes. For example, you might double check to make sure the stove or iron is turned off before leaving the house. But people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) feel the need to check things repeatedly, or have certain thoughts or perform routines and rituals over and over. OCD

= Analogies: = Imagine that your mind got stuck on a certain thought or image.. Then this thought or image got replayed in your mind, over and over again. And no matter what you did….it wouldn't stop or go away. This is what OCD feels like. OCD

= Mnemonics: = O: obsessive C: compulsive D: disorder

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