What is "obsessive-compulsive"

Usage examples of "obsessive-compulsive".

In terms of the application of science-based knowledge, there is a belief among professionals that compulsive sex, shopping, gambling, and Internet use are related to each other and to drug and alcohol addiction, but that the addictions are different from the anxiety-based obsessive-compulsive disorders dealt with in chapter 5.

On the other hand, drugs, including Anafranil and Prozac, have also helped some obsessive-compulsive cases, causing some doctors to think it is an organic disorder.

Reno is a cross between Disneyland and Gomorrah -- a living shrine to every obsessive-compulsive character disorder known to Homo americanus.

Your son is anal retentive, obsessive-compulsive, orally fixated, regressive -- a potential ding-dong.

There may be other disorders that we are now finding that may be genetically linked, like obsessive-compulsive disorders, and certain forms of anxiety disorder.

To say that a person has a Pseudo-Schizophrenic Obsessive-Compulsive Passive-Dependent Anxiety Neurosis, Chronic does not tell you very much except that this is going to take a long, long time.

Furthermore, he seemed to suffer from a mild form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Strong (sometimes conclusive) evidence has been found for genetic predispositions in psychoses, manic-depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and various phobias (with other dysfunctions, no doubt, to follow).

Later on, different neurostat protocols were developed as treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder, addictive behavior, and various other disorders.

I'm sure some shrink today would say I suffered from ADD or some obsessive-compulsive disorder and should have been put on an immediate regimen of Ritalin.

Ironically, you exhibited what might be called an intellectual rather than an emotional obsessive-compulsive disorder.

After being obsessive-compulsive, I was a posttraumatic stress disorder.