Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsesive Compulsive Disorder; Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder; OCD

For other uses, see OCD (disambiguation), obsession (disambiguation) or compulsion (disambiguation). Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder, more specifically, an anxiety disorder. OCD is manifested in a variety of forms, but is most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive (repetitive, distressing, intrusive) thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or rituals) which attempt to neutralize the obsessions. The phrase "obsessive-compulsive" has worked its way in ...