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Descriptor English:   Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 
Descriptor Spanish:   Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Transtorno Obsessivo-Compulsivo 
Synonyms English:   Anankastic Personality
Neurosis, Obsessive-Compulsive  
Tree Number:   F03.080.600
Definition English:   An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, persistent obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are the intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that are experienced as senseless or repugnant. Compulsions are repetitive and seemingly purposeful behavior which the individual generally recognizes as senseless and from which the individual does not derive pleasure although it may provide a release from tension. 
Indexing Annotation English:   COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER is also available
History Note English:   81; was NEUROSES, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE 1963-80; OBSESSION was see under NEUROSES, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE 1963-78 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications DI diagnosis
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
US ultrasonography UR urine
VI virology  
Record Number:   9956 
Unique Identifier:   D009771 

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