A Psychiatrist's Tales Of Ritual And Obsession

*Still, in the most severe OCD cases, patients may lose such rational perspective on their illness and start thinking that their obsessions and compulsions make sense and are justified.
*The presence of either obsessions or compulsions.
*The person recognizes that these obsessions or compulsions are excessive or unreasonable.
*The obsessions or compulsions cause distress and disability, and take up more than an hour daily.
*The obsessions or compulsions are not better explained by another mental illness (e.g., are not limited to preoccupations with weight in a patient who has anorexia nervosa).
*The symptoms are not due to substance use or a medical condition.
We all have our peculiar habits and bizarre superstitions, but most of us don’t
Compulsive Acts : A Psychiatrist's Tales of Ritual and Obsession.
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Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press, 2008. p 26. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ecpi/Doc?id=10229950&ppg=26 Aboujaoude, Elias (Author). Compulsive Acts : A Psychiatrist's Tales of Ritual and Obsession.
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