About half of the people with obsessive-compulsive disorder first experience symptoms in childhood, but it can take a long time before someone is diagnosed. Be careful not to jump to conclusions but be alert to whether your child’s behavior could be a symptom of OCD because the earlier it ...
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in individuals with a history of eating disorders Background OCD symptoms are well documented in anorexia nervosa (AN) and to a lesser extent in bulimia nervosa (BN), yet remain virtually unstudied in binge-eating disorder (BED). Methods In this cross-sectional ...
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Summary Symptoms Diagnosis Prevention Treatment Prognosis What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?In obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a person is troubled by intrusive, distressing thoughts (obsessions) and feels the pressure to carry out repetitive behaviors (compulsions). ...
Read about OCD symptoms and characteristics, and learn about treatments and coping strategies for obsessive compulsive disorder. Explore theories...
A high frequency of obsessive-compulsive symptoms has been noted in adults with eating disorders. Childhood presentations of eating and obsessive-compulsive disorders are thought to be similar to the presentations of these disorders in adulthood. Therefore, it was hypothesized that children with eating ...
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms have been related to severity in the clinical presentation of eating disorders, whereas the impact of depression on the correlations between their severity and the severity of eating disorders has not been investigated. This paper assesses the effects of depression in 42 ...
Care guide for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Discharge Care). Includes: possible causes, signs and symptoms, standard treatment options and means of care and support.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by distressing, intrusive obsessive thoughts and/or repetitive compulsive physical or mental acts. Signs and symptoms Common obsessions include the following: Contamination Safety Doubting one's memory or perception Scrupulosity (need to do the ...