Obsessive-compulsive disorder

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History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings |Other imaging findings | Other diagnostic studies

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Medical therapy | Surgery |Primary prevention | Secondary prevention | | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies

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Related Chapters

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• Asperger syndrome
• Body dysmorphic disorder
• Compulsive hoarding
• Dermatillomania
• Intrusive thoughts
• Mysophobia
• Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
• OrbitoFrontal Cortex
• PANDAS - Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections
• Scrupulosity
• Sexual obsessions
• Social Phobia
• Thought suppression
• Tourettes Syndrome
• Trichotillomania
• Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale

Further reading

• Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A self-help guide using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques (2005) ISBN 1-84119-936-2 by David Veale and Rob Willson
• Treatment of the Obsessive Personality, ISBN 0-87668-881-4, by Leon Salzman
• Freedom From Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Personalized Recovery Program for Living with Uncertainty'' (2003),ISBN 1-58542-246-0, by Jonathan Grayson.
• Just Another Day, ISBN 1-59-113901-5, by Shadi Srour.
• The Treatment of Obsessions, ISBN 0-19-851537-5, by Stanley Rachman.
• The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force, ISBN 0-06-098847-9, by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, Sharon Begley.
• Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior, ISBN 0-06-098711-1, by Jeffrey M. Schwartz.
• The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts, ISBN 0-452-28307-8, by Lee Baer.
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well (2000), ISBN 0-19-514092-3, by Fred Penzel.
• What you can change... and what you can't, ISBN 0-449-90971-9, by Martin E.P. Seligmann, chap. "obsessions"
• Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, ISBN 0-440-50847-9, by Ian Osborn.
• The Art of Meditation by David A. Cooper, Jaico Publishing House,ISBN 81-7992-164-6

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