Saturday, June 03, 2006

OCD

OCD

Obssesive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) manifests in the individual as the presence of persistent ideas, thoughts, images or impulses that are experimented as intrusive and alien to the person having them. This means that they are against the will of the individual and with themes that generally make the person suffer greatly.

An important characteristic of this ailment is the obsession that accompanies the alien thoughts; this is they repeat themselves during long periods of time without the person being able to stop them and in occasions causing a great discapacity due to the amount of time dedicated to these ideas.

OCD