Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Research Paper

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder


Introduction

Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD) , although still unrecognized by most people, affects about six million Americans (Neziroglu and Yaryura-Tobias,
1991). This paper is written to give others a feel of OCD by explaining what it is, how to distiungiush it from other disorders, the way it effects their lives, the theories behind it, and its treatment.

What is OCD?

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a frequent, chronic, costly, and disabling disorder that presents in several medical settings, but is under-recognised and undertreated (Stein, 2002). OCD is a disease of the brain
manifested by intrusive, unwanted, and persistent thoughts that cannot be rejected and keep coming back over and over again (Neziroglu and Yaryura-Tobias, 1991.) OCD ranks fifth among the major psychiatric illnesses, with approximately 2.6% of the population suffering from OCD for at least six months (Yaryura-Tobias, Anderson, & Neziroglu, 2000). ...