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Obsessive Compulsive
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| Kids with OCD are not alone Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder, linked to a kind of short-circuit in the way the brain processes worry thoughts. |
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| What Are the Symptoms of OCD? Kids with OCD worry so much it is almost constant. They can't shake worry thoughts, and the brain seems to replay them over and over as the worrying increases. |
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| Most Frequently Questions About OCD This document attempts to impart an understanding of OCD by addressing some of the most frequently asked questions, in terms of what OCD is, its symptoms, medications, and treatments. |
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| Caught in a Loop Many Suffer Shame of OCD Needlessly As the name suggests, OCD is characterized by two main symptoms: obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are recurring thoughts, impulses, or images a person experiences (at least at first) as intrusive or senseless |
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| OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN CHILDREN Although the peak age for diagnosis of OCD in children is ten years old, it can strike children as young as two or three. Boys are twice as likely to develop OCD before puberty, girls tend to develop it during adolescence, when the numbers become even. |