Medical Dictionary: Obsessive compulsive neurosis


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Obsessive compulsive neurosis: Another name for Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Obsessive compulsive neurosis (condition): Behavioral disorder with obsessive thoughts and compulsive acts.

Obsessive compulsive neurosis: Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, involves anxious thoughts or rituals you feel you can't control. If you have OCD, you may be plagued by persistent, unwelcome thoughts or images, or by the urgent need to engage in certain rituals.1

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1. excerpt from Anxiety Disorders: NIMH

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