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| rdfs:label | - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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| rdfs:comment | - Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a chronic anxiety disorder most commonly characterized by obsessive, distressing, intrusive thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or which attempt to neutralize the obsessions). OCD is distinguished from other types of anxiety, including the routine tension and stress that appear throughout life. The phrase "obsessive-compulsive" has become part of the English lexicon, and is often used in an informal or caricatured manner to describe someone who is meticulous, perfectionistic, absorbed in a cause, or otherwise fixated on something or someone. Both Adrian Monk and Harold Krenshaw have OCD.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder was a condition that caused an individual to develop unnatural obsessions and compulsive behavior. These could include an intense interest in specific objects, or the affected individual could display repetitive behavior, such as cleaning themselves and organizing items, even while in the company of others. The Wookiee bartender Hurrwarr was afflicted with this disorder and his constant preening and organization would sometimes drive away his clientele. Murk Lundi, a Quermian Sith historian, also suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder, which triggered his obsession with locating a Sith holocron.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric illnesscharacterized by either obsessive thoughts that the patient realizes are not grounded in reality, or repetitive behavior. Behaviors typical of the disorder include: - repeated hand washing - repeatedly aligning objects to make right angles or parallel lines - fear of becoming contaminated by bodily fluids OCD is difficult to treat, and usually requires a combination of behavioral therapy and medication. However, these therapies meet with differing levels of success with each patient.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by recurrent obsessional thoughts or compulsive acts. Obsessional thoughts are ideas, images or impulses that enter the individual's mind again and again in a stereotyped form. They are almost invariably distressing (because they are violent or obscene, or simply because they are perceived as senseless) and the sufferer often tries, unsuccessfully, to resist them. They are, however, recognized as the individual's own thoughts, even though they are involuntary and often repugnant.
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| symptom | - Repetitive behavior, inabilaty to suppress recurrent thoughts, inappropriate attention to detail
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| Name | - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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| treatment | - Behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, psychotherapy
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| abstract | - Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a chronic anxiety disorder most commonly characterized by obsessive, distressing, intrusive thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or which attempt to neutralize the obsessions). OCD is distinguished from other types of anxiety, including the routine tension and stress that appear throughout life. The phrase "obsessive-compulsive" has become part of the English lexicon, and is often used in an informal or caricatured manner to describe someone who is meticulous, perfectionistic, absorbed in a cause, or otherwise fixated on something or someone. Both Adrian Monk and Harold Krenshaw have OCD.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric illnesscharacterized by either obsessive thoughts that the patient realizes are not grounded in reality, or repetitive behavior. Behaviors typical of the disorder include: - repeated hand washing - repeatedly aligning objects to make right angles or parallel lines - fear of becoming contaminated by bodily fluids OCD suffers find it difficult to cope as they either become sidetracked with their own fears or thoughts, or alienate others with their behavioral idiosyncrasies. Behavior such as repeated hand washing can get bad enough to damage the skin. OCD is difficult to treat, and usually requires a combination of behavioral therapy and medication. However, these therapies meet with differing levels of success with each patient.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by recurrent obsessional thoughts or compulsive acts. Obsessional thoughts are ideas, images or impulses that enter the individual's mind again and again in a stereotyped form. They are almost invariably distressing (because they are violent or obscene, or simply because they are perceived as senseless) and the sufferer often tries, unsuccessfully, to resist them. They are, however, recognized as the individual's own thoughts, even though they are involuntary and often repugnant. Compulsive acts or rituals are stereotyped behaviours that are repeated again and again. They are not inherently enjoyable, nor do they result in the completion of inherently useful tasks. It must be recognized that this is different from the obsessions that are a feature of autistic spectrum disorders in that the obsessions are not enjoyable or in any way beneficial, which can sometimes be the case with autism, for instance an obsession to study an interest. The National Institute of Mental Health (USA) describes Obsessive-compulsive disorder in these words: "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD, is an anxiety disorder and is characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Repetitive behaviors such as handwashing, counting, checking, or cleaning are often performed with the hope of preventing obsessive thoughts or making them go away. Performing these so-called "rituals," however, provides only temporary relief, and not performing them markedly increases anxiety."
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder was a condition that caused an individual to develop unnatural obsessions and compulsive behavior. These could include an intense interest in specific objects, or the affected individual could display repetitive behavior, such as cleaning themselves and organizing items, even while in the company of others. The Wookiee bartender Hurrwarr was afflicted with this disorder and his constant preening and organization would sometimes drive away his clientele. Murk Lundi, a Quermian Sith historian, also suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder, which triggered his obsession with locating a Sith holocron.
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