Pd-Obssesive+compulsive+disorder

 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

      //http://www.uke.uni-hamburg.de/kliniken/psychiatrie/downloads/klinik-psychiatrie-psychotherapie/bother_you.jpg //  Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is defined as a type of anxiety disorder in which you have unreasonable thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead you to engage in repetitive behaviors (compulsions).

__**Obsession (on-going thoughts or impulses; "obsessive worries") Symptoms / excessively worried about:**__  >
 * germs or dirt
 * hurting other people
 * illness or injury (involving the person or someone else)
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">coming across unlucky numbers or words
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">things being even or straight
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">things being perfect or just right in a certain way
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">making mistakes or not being sure
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">doing or thinking something bad

<span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">__**Compulsion (repetitive physical and/or mental behavior) Symptoms -**__ >
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">excessive hand washing or showering
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">counting (like having to count 25 white cars before going into school)
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">touching (like touching every single fence post between home and the bus stop)
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">checking things over and over again (such as doors, locks, or stoves)
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">doing things a certain number of times (like having to try on five dresses before leaving your room)
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">arranging things in a very particular or neat way
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">asking the same question over and over again
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">tying and retying shoes over and over until they feel just right
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">re-reading, erasing, and re-writing

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(0,179,255); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; color: #190000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">__**Treatment for OCD**__ <span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are basically two ways to treat OCD- medicine and therapy. __Medicine__ - People can take medicine that tone down the obsessions and compulsions. These different types of medicines don't completely cure OCD, but can make the fears and worries less intense. <span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors] (SSRIs) are the most common type of medicine used for OCD. __Therapy__ -People can receive      [|psychotherapy]. <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A professional can help a person suffering from OCD undergo    <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">  longer time periods without engaging in obsessive and/or compulsive behaviors. The prognosis of OCD depends on how you deal with it. If it is left untreated, then it can stay with the victim for his/her whole life. Usually, the older you get, the worse the OCD gets. For most cases, with the proper medicine and therapy, improvement and even full recovery is possible. Only 20% of people with OCD are not affected by treatment. ===__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Current Statistics as of Dec.30 2008      __===
 * __Prognosis__**
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3.3 million adult Americans have OCD
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rate of Getting OCD: 6,255,999 per year, 521,333 per month, 120,307 per week, 17,139 per day, 714 per hour, 11 per minute, 0 per second in the USA
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OCD cost the U.S. $8.4 billion in 1990; nearly 6% of the total mental health bill of $148 billion

=__Current Research__= ===<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Current research with OCD is focused on finding better treatments for OCD patients. New types of treatment were already found with this research. === <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(0,179,255); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Home