Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, persistent obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are the intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that are experienced as senseless or repugnant. Compulsions are repetitive and seemingly purposeful behavior which the individual generally recognizes as senseless and from which the individual does not derive pleasure although it may provide a release from tension.

Year introduced: 1981

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Tree Number(s): F03.080.600

MeSH Unique ID: D009771

Entry Terms:

• Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive
• Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
• Anankastic Personality
• Anankastic Personalities
• Personalities, Anankastic
• Personality, Anankastic
• Neurosis, Obsessive-Compulsive
• Neuroses, Obsessive-Compulsive
• Neurosis, Obsessive Compulsive
• Obsessive-Compulsive Neuroses
• Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis

All MeSH Categories
Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Mental Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Excoriation Disorder
Hoarding Disorder
Trichotillomania