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Obsessive compulsive disorder isn’t as common as many mental illness common with an estimated three in every hundred people suffering from it. The cause of obsessive compulsive disorder is not entirely known at this time but scientists believe that it is caused by both psychological and biological factors.
Even though obsessive compulsive disorder is a part biological illness you cannot find out if you have it via a medical test as you can with most biological diseases.
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As stated earlier, medication can be used to help deal with the disorder. The commonly used medicines include paroxetine, sertraline and fluoxetine. These three examples and basically all of the medication used to help with obsessive compulsive disorder are antidepressants. However, medication is not commonly used to deal with children or adolescents suffering from the disorder. Children and adolescents usually use therapy to try conquer the disorder. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is used a lot
The symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder include:
Counting in obscure patterns
Raw skin due to hand washing
Constantly checking doors to see if their locked
Constantly checking the oven to make sure you turned it off
Thoughts you’ve done bad thing you haven’t done
Weird impulses e.g. wanting to shout out rude messages in public
There is no way to properly prevent obsessive compulsive disorder but you can reduce the effects of it by attending to it as soon as you pick up any of the symptoms. Mutter stop technique when you show signs
Get your family to tell you off