OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

DEFINITIONA MENTAL ILLNESS THAT CAUSES REPEATED , UNWANTED THOUGHTS, TO GET RID OF THESE THOUGHTS ON WITH OCD MIGHT REPEAT THE TASK AGAIN AND AGAIN

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

OBSESSIONS-THOUGHTS, IDEAS AND IMPULSES THAT YOU HAVE AGAIN AND AGAIN

• WASHING HANDS MANY TIMES

• DOUBTS OF LOCKING THE DOOR

• DOUBTS OF TURNING OFF THE STOVE

COMPULSION-BEHAVIORS THAT YOU DO TO TRY TO CONTROL OBSESSIONS

• WASHING HANDS UNTIL RAW

• REPEATEDLY CHECKING DOOR

• REPEATEDLY CHECKING STOVE

WHAT YOU WOULD FEEL LIKE

• YOU WOULD FEEL ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE OBSESSED WITH DOING THE SAME TASKS REPEATEDLY AND CAN'T FIND RELEIF

OCD STATISTICS

• 1 IN EVERY 40 ADULTS

• 1 IN EVERY 100 CHILDREN

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DO YOU HAVE OCD?

DIAGNOSIS• A LABORATORY TEST CAN NOT

DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE OCD

• DOCTORS OFTEN INTERVIEW THE PATIENT AND COMPARE SYMPTOMS AND/OR SIGNS

• SELF-SCREENING TESTS CAN ALSO BE HELPFUL

TREATMENT• COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY IS

RECOMMENDED BY THE FOLLOWING

• NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF MENTAL HEALTH

• MAYO CLINIC

• HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL.

• ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAN HELP

WHAT YOU COULD DO

• IF UNTREATED SUICIDAL THOUGHTS OR ACTIONS COULD OCCUR

• ARE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE TALKING TO SOMEONE?

• CALL 773-661-9530

• CALL 773-661-9535

CITATIONS

• HTTP://WWW.WEBMD.COM/MENTAL-HEALTH/TC/OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE-DISORDER-OCD-TOPIC-OVERVIEW

• HTTP://WWW.MAYOCLINIC.ORG/DISEASES-CONDITIONS/OCD/BASICS/SYMPTOMS/CON-20027827

• HTTP://BEYONDOCD.ORG/OCD-FACTS/

• HTTP://WWW.SPINPS.COM/WEBSITE/WEBSITE.NSF/TEMPLATES?OPENFORM&ITEM=ALL