Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Synonyms
Anankastic Personalities
Anankastic Personality
Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive
Neuroses, Obsessive-Compulsive
Neurosis, Obsessive Compulsive
Neurosis, Obsessive-Compulsive
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Neuroses
Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis
Personalities, Anankastic
Personality, Anankastic
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.