OCD

• OCD

  OCD is a condition associated with obsessions and compulsive behaviour.
• behavioural characteristics

  Compulsive behaviours are performed to reduce the anxiety created by obsessions.They may be repetitive e.g hand washing

  Some patients only experience compulsions and not obsessions.

  Avoidance
• emotional characteristics

  Anxiety and distress

  Guilt 

  Sufferers are aware that their behaviour is excessive and this causes feelings of embarrassment and shame.
• cognitive characteristics

  Obsessive thoughts-these are recurrent and are unpleasant