Medication on pediatric OCD
The Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD ) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by obsessions and frequent , intense cravings , which significantly interfere in the functioning of the child, adolescent or adult . Obsessions are intrusive thoughts , unwanted , repetitive , which cause intense anxiety and its contents may be related to several issues, including cleaning, superstitious thoughts , intense fear that something negative might happen to yourself or other important people . Compulsions are actions , behaviors or repetitive mental activities that serve to neutralize the anxiety generated by the obsessions . When you install the obsessive-compulsive cycle , obsessions and anxiety arise again immediately after performing compulsions.
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