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01 Nov 2007
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is common, chronic and debilitating. The estimated worldwide prevalence is 1-2%. In the UK alone there are estimated to be more than a million people with OCD, many of whom are unaware that it is a treatable condition. OCD is characterised by intrusive unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and ritualistic behaviours (compulsions).It can occur in children as young as six, and most patients who develop OCD will have symptoms in childhood or adolescence. Some develop OCD in adult life, and there is a subgroup of patients who develop it for the first time in old age. There is an equal incidence in both sexes.
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