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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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╨╧рб▒с > ■ c e ■ b ье┴ 5@ Ё┐ 0 Уg bjbj╧2╧2 (Т нX нX х\ н И Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ о о о о 8 ц Є Ф о С v Т Т Т Т Т Т Т Т $ R Y ─ 6 Ъ Т Т Т Т Т 6 Ъ Ъ Т Т K ▐ ▐ ▐ Т Ъ Т Ъ Т ▐ Т ▐ ▐ Ё Ъ Ъ Ё Т Ж аc@╜ЕС╟ о Т Ё a 0 С Ё Т L Ё о о Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ё Т Т ▐ Т Т Т Т Т 6 6 ▐ OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER Name: Edward M. Ichoho #4497 What is O.C.D.? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. The essential features of OCD are repeated thoughts that create an awareness of alarm or threat. (e.g., "I might get AIDS from the germs on that door knob;" "Since I had the thought of killing my baby, I might be capable of doing it;" "If I don't pick up that Band-Aid someone else might get sick from it, and I would hold myself culpable;" etc.). Persons typically engage in some avoidance or escape response in reaction to the obsessive threat (I typically refer to the obsessive threat as a "spike."). Obsessions take the form of either a perceived threat of physical harm to oneself or others or, in some cases, more of a metaphysical or spiritual threat to oneself, others, or perhaps a deity. I conceptualize the overall syndrome of OCD to consist of...
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