Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | |
|---|---|
| Term | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| Short definition | Monitoring - (pronounced) (OB-ser-VAY-avoid) In medicine, observing a patient's condition but not administering treatment until symptoms appear or change |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - (pronounced) (ob-SEH-siv-kum-PUL-siv dis-OR-der) An anxiety disorder in which a person has intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that come up repeatedly and they feel compelled to perform certain behaviors over and over again. For example, a person may worry about germs all the time and therefore will keep washing their hands. Obsessive-compulsive disorder can cause a person to have difficulty performing everyday activities
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Wikipedia's article - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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