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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Handbook of Effective Psychotherapy

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Described in the psychiatric literature since the nineteenth century, obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) could be clearly identified by written accounts centuries earlier. According to present-day psychiatric classification schemes, obsessions are recurrent ideas, thoughts, images or impulses which provoke intense subjective discomfort. Afflicted individuals resist them at first, usually by engaging in some repetitive thoughts or actions designed to reduce the level of discomfort provoked by the obsessions. Rituals take the form of washing or cleaning to remove contamination, checking to verify that no damage has occurred, putting things in precise order, repeating actions to prevent some disaster from occurring, hoarding or saving things to retain important information, as well as various types of mental rituals such as praying, repeating thoughts, and counting. Both obsessions and compulsions are usually recognized by the individual as excessive or unreasonable.

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  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4615-2914-9

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

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