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Obssessive-Compulsive Disorder Summary
959 words, approx. 3 pages Obssessive-Compulsive Disorder Mental illness characterized by the recurrence of intrusive, anxiety-producing thoughts (obsessions) accompanied by repeated attempts to suppress these thoughts through the performance of certain irrational, often...
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Summary
634 words, approx. 2 pages Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder. People with anxiety disorders cannot stop worrying. In OCD, people have intense, repetitive thoughts, images, or impulses that are frightening, absurd, or unusual. These are called...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Summary
575 words, approx. 2 pages Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a neurological anxiety disorder characterized by powerful, unwanted obsessions (intrusive, recurrent thoughts which a person cannot control) and compulsions (repetitive behaviors or mental acts performed to...
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Summary
1,675 words, approx. 6 pages Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder. A person with an anxiety disorder worries excessively about the circumstances of his or her life over a long period of time. OCD is characterized by distressing thoughts that never...
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder Information
6,543 words, approx. 22 pages
 Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric anxiety disorder most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive, distressing, intrusive thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or "rituals") which attempt to neutralize the obsessions. The...




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 Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
05/01/2006: 623 words, approx. 2 pages Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for OCD David A Clark. New York (NY): Guilford Publications; 2003. 324 p. US$35.00 Reviewer rating: Excellent Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is now recognized as a highly effective form of psychological treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Although several recent...
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 Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Pharmacotherapies in the Management of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
06/01/2006: 9,834 words, approx. 33 pages Few medications are effective in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). As monotherapy, only potent serotonin (5-HT) reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) consistently exert an intrinsic therapeutic action in OCD. Their use in OCD, however, differs from their use in depression. This paper first reviews the evidence supporting...
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Music Review: Billy Bob Thorton
7/24/2007: 267 words, approx. 1 pages Billy Bob Thorton, "Beautiful Door" (New Door/Universal)Like many of his fellow actors, Billy Bob Thornton moonlights as a musician. Unlike many of his counterparts, Thornton's music has quality and depth _ as shown with his fourth album, "Beautiful Door."Thornton co-wrote all 12 of the tracks...
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Study: Psilocybin relieves OCD symptoms
12/21/2006: 485 words, approx. 2 pages A preliminary study of the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms has found it is effective in relieving the symptoms of people suffering from severe obsessive compulsive disorder, a University of Arizona psychiatrist reports.Dr. Francisco A. Moreno led the first FDA-approved clinical study of psilocybin since...



Featured Essays
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
1,780 words, approx. 6 pages
 Describes the mental illness Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Provides statistical data about the disease. Examines symptoms and possible causes.
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"The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing"
1,218 words, approx. 4 pages
 From a psychological perspective, examines the book, The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing, by Judith L. Rapoport, MD. Provides details on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, using the book as a main source.
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Shades of Meaning
742 words, approx. 3 pages
 This essay focuses on the etymology of two synonyms: Obsession and infatuation. A brief look into OCD and infatuation and how one cherishes sanity over uncontrollable thoughts and actions.


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