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...

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...

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...

(OCD) A neurotic disorder (see NEUROSIS) characterized by OBSESSION, often associated with compulsive ritual acts. Sufferers experience repeated thoughts which intrude on their consciousness unbidden. The thoughts are often unpleasant, and though...

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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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...

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Describes the mental illness Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Provides statistical data about the disease. Examines symptoms and possible causes.

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.

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.