Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions), and / or repetitive (compulsive) behaviors. Repetitive behaviors, such as hand washing, counting, checking, or cleaning, are often done in the hope of avoiding or causing disturbing thoughts to disappear. However, performing the 'rituals' provides only temporary sedation, while not doing so significantly increases anxiety.

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder suffer from unwanted and stubborn thoughts and imaginations, or from a sense of the urgent need to perform certain rituals. They may have an obsession with bacteria or dirt, and they will take their hands off again and again. They may be full of doubts and will feel the need to check certain things over and over again.

There are effective treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the study yields new and improved treatments that are able to alleviate most sufferers of this disorder and other anxiety disorders so that they can lead a full and fulfilling life.