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    Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted and intrusive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions) performed to reduce anxiety. OCD affects about 2.2 million American adults and 1 million children in the U.S. Common obsessions include fears of contamination, aggression, or unwanted sexual thoughts. Compulsions often involve washing, counting, checking, or repeating actions. Cognitive behavioral therapy is the primary treatment, along with antidepressant medications. There is currently no cure for OCD.

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    Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted and intrusive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions) performed to reduce anxiety. OCD affects about 2.2 million American adults and 1 million children in the U.S. Common obsessions include fears of contamination, aggression, or unwanted sexual thoughts. Compulsions often involve washing, counting, checking, or repeating actions. Cognitive behavioral therapy is the primary treatment, along with antidepressant medications. There is currently no cure for OCD.

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    Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted and intrusive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions) performed to reduce anxiety. OCD affects about 2.2 million American adults and 1 million children in the U.S. Common obsessions include fears of contamination, aggression, or unwanted sexual thoughts. Compulsions often involve washing, counting, checking, or repeating actions. Cognitive behavioral therapy is the primary treatment, along with antidepressant medications. There is currently no cure for OCD.

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    Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted and intrusive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions) performed to reduce anxiety. OCD affects about 2.2 million American adults and 1 million children in the U.S. Common obsessions include fears of contamination, aggression, or unwanted sexual thoughts. Compulsions often involve washing, counting, checking, or repeating actions. Cognitive behavioral therapy is the primary treatment, along with antidepressant medications. There is currently no cure for OCD.

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    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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    What is OCD
    Obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD is an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive unwanted thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead you to do repetitive behaviors (compulsions).At any age a person can have OCD. More adults who have OCD have had it since childhood and have grown with the disorder. With obsessivecompulsive disorder, you may realize that your obsessions aren't reasonable, and you may try to ignore them or stop them. But that only increases your distress and anxiety. Ultimately, you feel driven to perform compulsive acts such as repeating a situation or doing a certain act a number of times in an effort to ease your stressful feelings.

    Facts

    OCD affects about 2.2 million American adults OCD does not usually involve collecting (collecting and hoarding are 2 completely different behaviors) OCD is not a personality disorder Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), which can be a debilitating disorder, affects approximately one in 100 children. That means that close to one million children in the U.S. currently have this illness. Currently there is not cure for OCD

    OCD obsessions are repeated, persistent and unwanted ideas, thoughts, images or impulses that you have involuntarily and that seem to make no sense. These obsessions typically intrude when you're trying to think of or do other things. Wear as OCD compulsions are repetitive behaviors that you feel driven to perform.

    Treatments

    Symptoms Persons suffering from OCD will have noticed or sometimes unnoticed obsessions or compulsions These obsessions can be but are not limited to fear of contamination from others or objects fears of letting go of persons or objects aggressive impulses sexual images or thoughts The compulsions following the obsessions will likely follow a theme such as: Washing or cleaning Counting Checking Demanding reassurances Orderliness Repeating the same action
    Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is the only scientifically-supported behavioral treatment for OCD. It is recommended by leading national authorities, including the Mayo Clinic, the National Institutes of Health, Harvard Medical School and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. There are medications such as antidepressants but none have been proven to work without CBT

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    http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/obsessivehttp://www.nami.org/Template.cfm? Section=Your_Local_NAMI&Templa te=/CustomSource/AffiliateFinder.cf m International OCD Foundation Mailing Address: International OCD Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 961029 Boston, MA 02196 Voice: (617) 973-5801 Fax: (617) 973-5803 E-mail: info@ocfoundation.org http://www.ocdtribe.com/ http://www.ocdeducationstation.org/

    compulsive-disorder-ocd/index.shtml#part6 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/obsessive-compulsivedisorder/DS00189/TAB=resources http://www.ocdeducationstation.org/contact-us/

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