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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Key Facts You Need to Know
In this video, learn the signs and symptoms of OCD, how it is treated, and what causes it to develop.
Written by Lauren Smith, MA | Reviewed by Karen Hovav, MD, FAAP
Updated on May 23, 2023Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, entails having intrusive obsessions, compulsions, or both. In this video, mental health professionals explain the symptoms and treatment of OCD.
Additional Medical Contributors (3)
- Ben Michaelis, PhDDr. Michaelis is a clinical and media psychologist in New York City.
- Gail Saltz, MDDr. Saltz is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine and a psychoanalyst with the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.
- Khadijah Watkins, MD, MPH, FAPA, DFAACAPDr. Watkins is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she's the Associate Director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, and was previously the Associate Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program.
References
American Psychiatric Association. (2021) What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Brock, H., et al. (2024). Obsessive-compulsive disorder. StatPearls.
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National Institute of Mental Health. (2021). Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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