Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
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what is OCD
OCD is a type of anxiety disorder in which a people become pre occupied with whether something could be harmful dangerous wrong or dirty.
Signs or symptoms
- Urges to do something repetitively:
- thoughts
- images
- feelings
- have to things a certain amount of times
Other names or forms
- OCD
- PANDAS
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
How is it diagnosed
- Not a persons fault
- Not caused by parents genes
- Worries
- Feeling the need to check something constantly
- Have to do something a certain number of times
How is it treated
Therapy
- Cognitive-Behavior-Therapy (CBT)
- Exposure & Ritual Prevention (ERP)
Interesting fact
Having OCD doesn't mean somone are crazy
How does it effect somebody?
- extremely distressing
- rituals can take up to hours of a persons day