Obsessive-compulsive disorder
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: 10/17/2008
Reviewed By: Linda Vorvick, MD, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer,
Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant
Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Timothy
A. Rogge, MD, private practice in Psychiatry, Kirkland, Washington.
Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M.,
Inc.
