Common OCD Compulsions
Obsessive compulsive disorder is a complex condition that affects people in different ways. Read on to learn about the most common OCD compulsions and …
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Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome: An Insight
Someone who has an excess of invaluable items and refuses to see the non value in them, may fit the definition of a person who has compulsive hoarding …
Continue ReadingObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum - An Overview
While many people are familiar with OCD, they are not aware that there are a number of conditions on the obsessive-compulsive spectrum. Read on to …
Continue ReadingPathological Gambling: Causes and Symptoms
Pathological gambling is an impulse control disorder that can ultimately destroy a person’s life. Read on to learn more about this form of gambling …
Continue ReadingWhy People Hoard
Compulsive hoarding or compulsive hoarding syndrome is the excessive collection of unnecessary items, and the inability to discard them. Read on for …
Continue ReadingChildren with Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Symptoms and Causes
Children with intermittent explosive disorder (IED) will impulsively act out in an overly aggressive and sometimes violent manner. But, is it a real …
Continue ReadingFour Types of Hoarding Causes: Genetic, Environmental, Physical/Intellectual, and Emotional
More than just clutter compulsive hoarding is the obsessive collection of items and the failure to dispose of them to the extent that they clog up a …
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OCD is also known as obsessive compulsive disorder and is characterized by obsessions and compulsions. Read on to find a list of OCD symptoms that are …
Continue ReadingOCD and Anxiety: How to Deal with OCD Anxieties through Medication and Therapy
Anxiety affects more than six million Americans a year and at least one third of these are children. OCD and anxiety are connected because the …
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This article describes how an OCD diagnosis is made. It outlines what diagnostic criteria are used in the diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder.
Continue ReadingWhy Are People Hoarders? The Causes of Hoarding
Hoarding behaviors can lead to physical danger - such as fire hazards, rodents, and illness. So then why are people hoarders? The answer is more …
Continue ReadingFacts About Pathological Gambling
Pathological gambling is an impulse control disorder that is characterized by the inability to resist impulses to gamble. Read on to learn some …
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