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Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder (OCD)
3.3 million
Americans
have OCD
Inside you will find out:
What is OCD?
Symptoms of OCD?
How is OCD treated?
How will I know if I have OCD?
What Is OCD?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder also know as
OCD is a mental anxiety disorder that causes
a person to have a need to repeatedly do ritu-
als. Which are often irrational.
Robinson, L. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://
www.helpguide.org/mental/
obsessive_compulsive_disorder_ocd.htm
How is it
treated?
By going to cognitive behavior
therapy.
By taking selective serotonin reup-
take inhibitor (SSRIs) antidepres-
sants .
How will I
know if I have
OCD?
You will know if you have OCD if you have many of
the symptoms and show multiple signs of it such as:
Order and symmetry: the idea that everything must
line up “just right.”
Counting, tapping, repeating certain words, or do-
ing other senseless things to reduce anxiety.