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What Causes Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?

A condition resembling OCD has been recognized for more than 300 years. Each stage in the history of OCD has been influenced by the intellectual and scientific climate of the period. Early theories regarding the ... Read more... »

Medications for OCD

The modern era in the pharmacotherapy of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) began in the late 1960s with the observation that clomipramine, not other tricyclic antidepressants such as imipramine (Tofranil), was effective in treating OCD. Clomipramine is ... Read more... »

Frequently Asked Questions about OCD

What is the difference between the ruminations of depression and the obsessions of OCD? Morbid preoccupations (sometimes called ruminations) of depression can be mislabeled as obsessional thinking. The depressed patient typically dwells on matters that are ... Read more... »

Conditions Related to OCD

Some conditions have been referred to as Obsessive-Compulsive (OC) Spectrum Disorders on the basis of clinical similarities to OCD (i.e., recurrent disturbing ideas or irresistible urges), higher-than-expected co-occurrence with OCD, and favorable response to SRIs ... Read more... »

An Introduction to Treatment of OCD

Prior to the late 1960s, OCD was generally considered unresponsive to a range of conventional therapies. Traditional talk therapy based on psychoanalytic principles was rarely successful in reducing the severity of obsessions or compulsions. Understanding ... Read more... »

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