Obsessive compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder that involves characteristics such as obsessions or compulsions. To be diagnosed with OCD, you must exhibit one of those characteristics. An obsession is characterized as reoccurring and unwanted thoughts or feelings. A compulsion is characterized as constant reoccurring behaviors. For example, an obsessive thought could be a person overly worried about germs on their hands; a compulsion behavior could be a person repeatedly washing their hands with soap. …showed first 75 words of 399 total…

…showed last 75 words of 399 total…Albert Ellis' mental and emotional therapy based on changing a persons thinking by showing them that their thinking involves irrational thoughts. Unfortunately, there is no known prevention for this disorder. Bibliography *<Tab/>Cruz, Y. (2002). Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Retrieved May. 10, 2005, from Yahoo Health Web site: http://health.yahoo.com/centers/depression/0929. *<Tab/>Watkins, C. (2005). Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents. Retrieved May. 10, 2005, from http://www.ncpamd.com/obsessive.htm.