Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What is it and What are the treatments? What is obsessive - compulsive disorder? Obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) is defined as an anxiety disorder. People with OCD suffer from recurrent unwanted thoughts (obsessions) or rituals (compulsions), which they feel they cannot control. Rituals such as hand washing, counting, checking, or cleaning are often performed in hope of preventing obsessive thoughts or making them go away. Performing these rituals, however, provides only temporary …showed first 75 words of 2851 total…

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