Essays on Obsessive Compulsive Disorde

Controlled by Thoughts David Adam’s Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought provides a sweeping analysis of obsessive-compulsive disorder by not only exploring a multitude of cases, but also critiquing the way it is treated and perceived…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a prevailing mental illness that prevents an individual from achieving an optimal, quality of life. An individual diagnosed with OCD experiences uncontrollable obsessions or irrational intrusive thoughts, which is associated with high levels of anxiety. In order to get rid…

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)’s category of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders include obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, hair-pulling disorder (trichotillomania), and skin-picking disorder (excoriation) (Sue et al., 2016). Of these illnesses, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by…