obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Definition of obsessive-compulsive disorder in English Turkish dictionary

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obsessive-compulsive disorder

(Tıp) obsesif-kompulsif bozukluk

obsessive compulsive disorder

obsesif kompulsif bozukluk

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Definition of obsessive-compulsive disorder in English English dictionary

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder

(Psikoloji, Ruhbilim) Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric anxiety disorder most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive, distressing, intrusive thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or "rituals") which attempt to neutralize the obsessions

obsessive-compulsive disorder

(Psikoloji, Ruhbilim) A mental illness which causes the sufferer to do something repeatedly for no reason

obsessive-compulsive disorder

If someone suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, they cannot stop doing a particular thing, for example washing their hands. Mental disorder in which an individual experiences obsessions or compulsions, either singly or together. An obsession is a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an unreasonable idea or feeling (such as of being contaminated through shaking hands with someone). A compulsion is an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act (such as repeatedly washing the hands). The two phenomena are usually, but not always, linked in the obsessive-compulsive person. Onset of the illness has been linked to malregulation of the neurotransmitter serotonin as well as to the ill effects of high stress

obsessive-compulsive disorder

{i} OCD, psychiatric disorder in which a person experiences recurrent obsessions or compulsive actions

obsessive-compulsive disorder.

OCD

obsessive compulsive disorder

An anxiety disorder in which a person feels trapped in repetitive, persistent thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive, ritualized behaviours (compulsions) Attempts to resist a compulsion produces mounting tension and anxiety, which are relieved immediately by giving ino it People with obsessive-compulsive disorder derive no pleasure from it other than the release of tension

obsessive compulsive disorder

A disorder in which individuals are plagued by persistent, recurring thoughts (obsessions) that reflect exaggerated anxiety or fears

obsessive compulsive disorder

A neurobiological disorder Sufferers of OCD experience both obsessions and compulsions

Hyphenation

obsessive-compulsive dis-or-der