obsessive-compulsive disorders
Intrusive thoughts, repetitive behaviors
Obsessive-compulsive disorders are mental health conditions characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions) performed to reduce anxiety.
The most familiar form, OCD, involves patterns like excessive handwashing, checking locks, or counting rituals.
Related conditions include hoarding disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and trichotillomania (hair-pulling).
These disorders cause significant distress and can consume hours daily, interfering with work, relationships, and quality of life.
- checkingAct of verification
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- psychiatryMental health medicine
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- intrusive thoughtsInvoluntary disturbing mental content
magical thinking · washing · hand washing · cleaning · diagnosis · rumination · perfectionism · anxieties · Tourette syndrome · exposure therapy · comorbidity · treatment · trichotillomania · cognitive distortions · emotional regulation · scrupulosity · psychopathology · stigma
obsessive-compulsive disorderscognitive flexibility
Capacity to shift perspectives
mental flexibility · spontaneity · adaptability · nonchalance · acceptance
obsessive-compulsive disordersdisinhibition
Reduced behavioral restraint
impulsivity · antisocial personality disorder · recklessness · ADHD · mania
obsessive-compulsive disordersapathy
Absence of feeling
neglect · indifference · anhedonia · flat affect · carelessness
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