According to a case report published in October 2 by Vivekananda Rachamallu,1 Michael M. Song, Haiying Liu, Charles L. Giles,and Terry McMahon, OCD is comprised of two main features, obsessions and compulsions. “Obsessions are repetitive, intrusive, and unwanted thoughts or images (often of sexual, religious, aggressive, or death-related nature) that cause significant anxiety and distress. Compulsions or rituals are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that are performed by those with OCD, in an attempt to decrease their anxiety or distress” (1).In the case of people with OCD, some particular individuals may also have a small but noticeable tic disorder, which includes motor and vocal tics. Examples of these include rapid and unusual eye movements, quick repetition of shoulder shrugging, repetitive throat-clearing or grunting sounds. (The National Institute of Mental Health 1).
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In order to get a better understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder, we must first investigate the main causes of it, ranging from genetics and the brain structure of affected individuals, to their environment and even something called pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infection, or PANDAS for
In order to get a better understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder, we must first investigate the main causes of it, ranging from genetics and the brain structure of affected individuals, to their environment and even something called pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infection, or PANDAS for