Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized
by an inability to resist or stop continuous, abnormal thoughts or
fears combined with ritualistic, repetitive and involuntary defense
behavior.
Review Date: 02/11/2010
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of
Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of
Medicine; and Michelle Benger Merrill, MD, Instructor in Clinical
Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical
Center, New York, NY. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA,
Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
