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opd OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Introduction • Symptoms • Causes • Treatment • About Meddco
Introduction • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive activity. An obsession is an unwanted and unpleasant thought, image or urge that repeatedly enters a person's mind, causing feelings of anxiety, disgust or unease.
Symptoms • cleaning and hand washing • checking • counting • ordering and arranging • hoarding • asking for reassurance • repeating words in their head
Causes • Elevated activity in the Frontal Lobe and Basal Ganglia • Activity is not typical in people without mental illness • PET (Positron emission Tomography) scan used in brain imaging
Treatment • Obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment may not result in a cure, but it can help bring symptoms under control so that they don't rule your daily life. Depending on the severity of OCD, some people may need long-term, ongoing or more intensive treatment. • The two main treatments for OCD are psychotherapy and medications. Often, treatment is most effective with a combination of these.
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