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	Obsessive-compulsive disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder, specifically, an anxiety disorder.
		The phrase "obsessive compulsive" has worked its way into the wider English lexicon, and is often used in an offhand sense to describe someone who is meticulous or absorbed in a cause.
		People who suffer from the separate and unrelated condition obsessive compulsive personality disorder are not aware of anything abnormal with them; they will readily explain why their actions are rational, and it is usually impossible to convince them otherwise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder (2704 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Obsessive compulsive disorder is characterized by rituals (compulsions) and/or recurrent thoughts (obsessions) that are out of an individual's ability to control.
		Those individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder are aware that their obsessions and compulsions are unreasonable, but are unable to control or stop them.
		Obsessive compulsive disorder is diagnosed using a number of guidelines and questions.
	www.paxil-cr.net /obsessive-compulsive.html (327 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
		While the “reward” for the behavior is different, the repetitive, stereotyped nature of behaviors of those in the latter group has led researchers in the last few years to suggest a clinical relationship between these disorders and OCD.
		Compulsive buying is estimated to affect 2% to 3% of the population, primarily women.
		Compulsive sexual behavior, which affects about 5% of the population, is characterized by excessive and inappropriate sexual activity that leads to distress or impairment in some domain of life.
	www.mhagstl.org /ocd.htm (719 words)

	Mental Help Net - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
		The obsessive thoughts range from the idea of losing control, to themes surrounding religion or keeping things or parts of one's body clean all the time.
		Compulsions are behaviors that help reduce the anxiety surrounding the obsessions.
		Other compulsive behaviors include counting (often while performing another compulsive action such as hand washing), repeating, hoarding, and endlessly rearranging objects in an effort to keep them in precise alignment with each other.
	mentalhelp.net /poc/center_index.php?id=6 (554 words)

	Postgraduate Medicine: Obsessive-compulsive disorder
		While compulsive overeating, gambling, alcohol and drug dependence, and other impulse-control disorders (eg, kleptomania, pyromania) share some features with obsessive-compulsive disorder, these conditions are associated with pleasure, in contrast to the distress and discomfort of obsessive-compulsive disorder (13).
		Phobias are distinguished from obsessive-compulsive disorder by the lack of a relationship between obsessive thoughts (fears) and compulsions (avoidance of the feared object or situation) (4,10).
		Although obsessive symptoms can be reduced with medications, the interpersonal relationships, social skills, work habits, and ability to resist compulsions require a comprehensive treatment plan that involves several aspects of each patient's life.
	www.postgradmed.com /issues/1999/12_99/khouzam.htm (3691 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		People with OCD should not be confused with a much larger group of individuals who are sometimes called "compulsive" because they hold themselves to a high standard of performance and are perfectionistic and very organized in their work and even in recreational activities.
		For example, a compulsive hand washer may be encouraged to touch an object believed to be contaminated, and then urged to avoid washing for several hours until the anxiety provoked has greatly decreased.
		Although sufferers usually recognize that the obsessions and compulsions are senseless or excessive, the symptoms of OCD often prove difficult to control without proper treatment.
	www.medceu.com /tests/obsessive.htm (3794 words)

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		Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or rituals performed by the OCD sufferer, performance of these rituals neutralize the anxiety caused by obsessive thoughts, relief is only temporary.
		Compulsions are incorporated into the person's daily routine and are not always directly related to the obsessive thought, for example, a person who has aggressive thoughts may count floor tiles in an effort to control the thought.
		In order for OCD to be diagnosed, the obsessions and/or compulsions must take up a considerable amount of the sufferers time, at least one hour every day, and interfere with normal routines (a person, for example, who cannot make left turns when driving), occupational functioning, social activities, or relationships.
	www.adaa.org /AnxietyDisorderInfor/OCD.cfm (387 words)

	An Evolutionary Hypothesis For Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Psychological Immune System? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		It is suggested that obsessions and compulsions originate from the overactivity of a mental module that the majority of humans possess and has the function of generating risk scenarios without voluntary intervention.
		Compulsive rituals, the other component of OCD, are conceptualised as primitive harm avoidance behavioural routines that are under semi-voluntary control (Bradshaw, 1997).
		This is consistent with reports that a majority of the population experience unwanted, intrusive thoughts at some time during their lives (Osborn, 1998; Rachman and Desilva, 1978) as well as the finding that OCD appears to have a universal form across cultures (Stein and Rapoport, 1996; Rapoport and Fiske, 1998).
	cogprints.soton.ac.uk /documents/disk0/00/00/11/47/cog00001147-00/ocd-final.htm (4211 words)

	OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Most of the time, they know that their obsessive thoughts are senseless or exaggerated, and that their compulsive behaviors are not really necessary.
		A person with OCD has obsessive and compulsive behaviors that are extreme enough to interfere with everyday life.
		For example, a compulsive hand washer may be urged to touch an object believed to be contaminated, and then may be denied the opportunity to wash for several hours.
	www.hoptechno.com /ocd.htm (3055 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents - AACAP Facts For Families # 60 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		OCD is characterized by recurrent obsessions and/or compulsions that are intense enough to cause severe discomfort.
		Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or rituals (like hand washing, hoarding, keeping things in order, checking something over and over) or mental acts (like counting, repeating words silently, avoiding).
		The child may compulsively check all the doors and windows of his home after his parents are asleep in an attempt to relieve anxiety.
	www.aacap.org /publications/factsfam/ocd.htm (679 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
		The obsessions or compulsions cause marked distress, are time consuming (take more than 1 hour per day), or significantly interfere with the person's normal routine, occupational (or academic) functioning, or usual social activities.
		These include tricotillomania, (compulsive hair pulling and twirling,) body dysmorphic disorder (the obsession that part of one's body is unattractive or misshapen) and habit disorders such as nail biting and scab picking.
		Compulsions are behaviors that usually are repetitive and stereotyped.
	www.ncpamd.com /obsessive.htm (4808 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation: What Is OCD? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Or they may have obsessive fears of having inadvertently harmed someone else (perhaps while pulling the car out of the driveway), even though they usually know this is not realistic.
		Compulsions are acts the person performs over and over again, often according to certain "rules." People with an obsession about contamination may wash constantly to the point that their hands become raw and inflamed.
		Rather, the rituals are performed to obtain relief from the discomfort caused by the obsessions.
	www.ocfoundation.org /ocf1010a.htm (1390 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD Treatment, CBT
		Claiborn is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation.
		Compulsions are things people do often, over-and-over, in a stereotyped way to reduce their distress.
		Obsessions, compulsions- checking/reassurance, intrusive thoughts: It helps noticing they are OCD thoughts and working on not asking for reassurance.
	www.healthyplace.com /Communities/OCD/Site/Transcripts/OCD_cbt.htm (2871 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Obsessive compulsive and related disorders are difficult but not impossible to treat.
		At some point during the course of the disorder, the person has recognized that the obsessions or compulsions are excessive or unreasonable.
		The obsessions or compulsions cause marked distress, are time consuming (take more than 1 hour a day), or significantly interfere with the person's normal routine, occupational (or academic) functioning, or usual social activities or relationships.
	www.psychologynet.org /ocd.html (669 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive
		Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an Anxiety Disorder which has as its main characteristics obsessive thoughts and ideas, which are sometimes accompanied by compulsive behaviors and actions, often designed to ward off the obsessive thoughts.
		The obsessions or compulsions cause a great deal of distress and anxiety, are time consuming (take more than an hour a day) or significantly interfere with the person's health, social or occupational functioning.
		In this case, the person would not be diagnosed as suffering from a psychiatric disorder, but is rather said to have obsessive thoughts or compulsive behaviors.
	www.herbs-herbal-remedies.com /obsessive_compulsive_disorder.htm (2287 words)

	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in the learn about section of paxil.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		What it is: Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by recurrent and unwanted thoughts (obsessions), rituals (compulsions) or both that you feel you cannot control.
		The doctor takes a careful medical history to identify the obsessions and compulsions, learn if the symptoms are recurring and time-consuming (at least one hour every day) and determine whether the symptoms are causing extreme distress or impairment.(7)
		These links are provided as a service to individuals interested in depression, general anxiety, social anxiety, panic, obsessive compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders.
	www.paxil.com /ocd/oc_ln.html (598 words)

	NAMI \| Mental Illnesses
		Compulsions are repetitive rituals such as handwashing, counting, checking, hoarding, or arranging.
		Obsessive-compulsive disorder occurs when an individual experiences obsessions and compulsions for more than an hour each day, in a way that interferes with his or her life.
		For example, a compulsive hand-washer may be urged to touch an object he or she believes is contaminated and denied the opportunity to wash for several hours.
	www.nami.org /helpline/obsess.htm (1885 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Patient/Family Handout
		Some disorders that closely resemble OCD and may respond to some of the same treatments are trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling), body dysmorphic disorder (imagined ugliness), and habit disorders, such as nail biting or skin picking.
		Despite its similar name, OCPD does not involve obsessions and compulsions, but rather is a personality pattern that involves a preoccupation with rules, schedules, and lists and characteristic traits such as perfectionism, an excessive devotion to work, rigidity, and inflexibility.
		Telling someone with OCD to simply stop their compulsive behaviors usually doesn’t help and can make the person feel worse, since he or she is not able to comply.
	www.psychguides.com /oche.php (6116 words)

	PTypes - Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Criteria
		Overachievement: workaholic absorption in job or cause to the exclusion of family, social, and personal interests; compulsiveness, including excessive cleanliness, tidiness, and attention to detail; rigid self-discipline and an inability to set tasks aside and relax; lack of spontaneity; overscrupulousness in moral behavior.
		Kretschmer described what we would consider to be the essential features of the compulsive personality under the designation of "sensitive types" (1918).
		By this term Kretschmer meant persons who are burdened by affect-laden complexes that they must deal with intrapsychically because of their inability to externalize or discharge them.
	www.ptypes.com /obsessive-compd.html (1255 words)

	Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders
		Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behaviors that significantly interfere with normal life.
		Compulsions are repetitive, ritualized behaviors that the person feels driven to perform to alleviate the anxiety of the obsessions.
		The obsessive and compulsive rituals can occupy many hours of each day and seriously impair day-to-day living.
	www.hope4ocd.com (114 words)

	NMHA-Anxiety Disorders - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suffer intensely from recurrent unwanted thoughts (obsessions) or rituals (compulsions), which they feel they cannot control.
		Rituals such as handwashing, counting, checking, or cleaning are often performed in hope of preventing, obsessive thoughts or making them go away.
		In this approach, a person's deliberately and voluntarily exposed to whatever triggers the obsessive thoughts and then, is taught techniques to avoid performing, the compulsive rituals and to deal with the anxiety.
	www.nmha.org /pbedu/anxiety/ocd.cfm (505 words)

	BrainPhysics Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
		The obsessions and compulsions caused by the disorder are unwanted and sometimes horrifying.
		Check out our chat room and our chat schedule for times and dates to discuss obsessive behaviors, treatments, medications, how to help a loved one, or just to talk.
		Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
	brainphysics.com /ocd (708 words)

	Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In the mental illness called obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a person becomes trapped in a pattern of repetitive thoughts and behaviors that are senseless and distressing but extremely difficult to overcome.
		Many are able to keep their obsessive- compulsive symptoms under control during the hours when they are at work or attending school.
		A person is not considered to have OCD unless the obsessive and compulsive behaviors are extreme enough to interfere with everyday life.
	www.kidsource.com /kidsource/content/obsess.html (1867 words)

	BehaveNet® Clinical Capsule™: Obessive-Compulsive Disorder
		is an Anxiety Disorder characterized by complaints of persistent or repetitive thoughts (obsessions) or behaviors (compulsions).
		The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.
		Sebastian, Richard Compulsive Behavior Up-to-date coverage of the current neurobiological and biochemical bases and treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder.
	www.behavenet.com /capsules/disorders/o-cd.htm (744 words)

	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder OCD
		The obsessions and/or compulsions are great enough to cause significant distress in their employment, schoolwork, or personal and social relationships.
		Commonly, obsessive-compulsive disorder is first diagnosed when parents recognize that their young child or teenager seems preoccupied with ritualistic behaviors associated with excessive cleanliness or unusually meticulous organization, and they seek help from a mental health professional.
		Adults, on the other hand, may seek professional help when they realize that it is becoming difficult for them to do their job or school work because they are spending too much time with their obsessive thoughts or compulsive behaviors.
	www.athealth.com /Consumer/disorders/OCD.html (499 words)

	UFOCD Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The UFOCD Program is the leading clinical program for the evaluation and treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in the southeastern United States.
		The Director of the UFOCD Program is Wayne K. Goodman, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville and Jacksonville, Florida.
		Goodman is the principal developer of the Yale-Brown Obsessive- Compulsive Scale, the gold standard for rating OCD.
	www.ufocd.org (322 words)

	Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Please note that this topic was separated out from the Anxiety guideline which was commissioned to NICE by the DoH in the sixth wave of work and which has already been out for consultation with stakeholders.
		The obsessive compulsive disorder and post traumatic stress disorder guideline has been allocated to the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health.
		Obsessive compulsive disorder clinical guideline - second consultation
	www.nice.org.uk /page.aspx?o=33922 (374 words)

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