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Researchers find characteristics specific to people with OCD
Updated On: 20 September, 2023 12:55 PM IST | Toronto | IANS
In most cases, OCD responds well to medication and a type of therapy known as "exposure and response prevention." This approach involves exposing people to situations that cause or trigger their obsessive thoughts and then helping them learn new ways of dealing with their anxiety instead of engaging in their usual rituals
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Intrusive thoughts of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD are more frequent, last longer and create a need to act on the compulsion in order to neutralise their thoughts, finds a study.
It may be normal to have intrusive thoughts such as a random or inappropriate idea popping into people’s heads, or to feel compelled to double-check and triple-check that the front door is locked. Typically they go away and people go about our lives.
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