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Summary
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OCD is characterized by the experience of obsessions and compulsions that greatly affect the quality of an individual's life. Obsessions are thoughts, feelings, and urges that result in great discomfort. Compulsions are the strategies that people use to decrease or neutralize discomfort experienced by the obsessions.
Mental compulsions or rituals are mental strategies that people use in order to undo the feeling associated with the obsession. In order to meet the criteria for a diagnosis of OCD, a person must spend 1 hour a day in either mental or behavioral ritual or the obsession must cause great distress and/or it must cause significant problems in their life. OCD has an impact of the individual's family and other systems of support.
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