Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

1. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized by anxious thoughts or rituals that a person feels he or she can not control.
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2. The disturbing thoughts or images are called obsessions.
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3. The rituals that are performed to try to prevent or dispel obsessions are called compulsions.
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4. More women than men have obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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5. obsessive-compulsive disorder can appear in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, but on the average it first shows up in the teens or early adulthood.
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6. Family problems or attitudes learned in childhood are believed to be the causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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7. There are no medications currently available to help people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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8. Behavioral therapy is the only treatment available today for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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