Obsessive-compulsive disorder

A disorder characterized by the presence of persistent and recurrent irrational thoughts (obsessions), resulting in marked anxiety and repetitive excessive behaviors (compulsions) as a way to try to decrease that anxiety.

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Aliases

• Anancastic neurosis
• obsessive compulsive disorder
• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• OCD
• OCD

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Changes in the stool and oropharyngeal microbiome in obsessive-compulsive disorder

The gut microbiome and inflammation in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients compared to age- and sex-matched controls: a pilot study