Sunday, February 10, 2008

Obsessive-compulsive physiological condition (OCD).

Obsessive-compulsive physiological condition (OCD) is characterized by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Obsessions are recurrent and persistent thoughts, ideas, images or impulses that are experienced as intrusive and senseless. Compulsions are repetitive, purposeful, or intentional behaviors performed according to certain rules or in a stereotypical property. The coercion is considered a coping scheme for the obsessional thinking. The ECA revealed a 1-2% lifetime generality of OCD in the top dog integer. Although OCD has been reported to coexist with many other psychiatric disorders, little has been reported about the comorbidity of OCD and thought use disorders.


In several studies of treatment-seeking alcoholics, 3-12% were reported to have OCD. Based on data from the ECA memoriser, the risk of developing OCD was estimated to be 5.6 dimension higher for individuals using both cocaine and marijuana as compared with individuals using no illicit substances. The odds quantitative relation for OCD among those with marijuana use alone was 2.1, and 3.2 for cocaine, marijuana and at least one other cognitive content. Milby and colleagues found that 2.9% of the methadone-maintained individuals they studied met criteria for OCD.

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