https://www.psychdb.com/ 2026-06-12T10:27:29-0700 https://www.psychdb.com/ https://www.psychdb.com/lib/tpl/bootstrap3/images/favicon.ico text/html 2025-08-04T23:05:17-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/ocd/1-ocd?rev=1754373917&do=diff Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Primer Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an obsessive-compulsive and related disorder that consists of (1) obsessions (intrusive, unwanted, and repetitive thoughts, urges, or images that don’t go away and are generally unwanted, or ego-dystonic) and/or (2) text/html 2024-01-11T22:22:22-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/ocd/body-dysmorphic?rev=1705040542&do=diff Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) Primer Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) (formerly known as dysmorphophobia) is an obsessive-compulsive and related disorder characterized by the obsessive idea that an aspect of one's own body part or appearance is severely flawed and warrants exceptional measures to hide or fix the dysmorphic part. Individuals are preoccupied with perceived flaws in their physical appearance that are not observable (or appear only slight to others). In addition, there are repetiti… text/html 2024-01-11T22:26:35-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/ocd/excoriation?rev=1705040795&do=diff Excoriation (Skin Picking) Disorder Primer Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder is an obsessive-compulsive and related disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pick at one's own skin, often to the extent that significant skin damage is caused. Epidemiology * Prevalence is 1-2% in the general population. text/html 2024-01-11T22:23:58-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/ocd/hoarding?rev=1705040638&do=diff Hoarding Disorder Primer Hoarding Disorder is an obsessive-compulsive and related disorder characterized by persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions (regardless of their actual value) due to a strong perceived need to save the items. There is also associated distress associated with discarding these items. text/html 2022-02-02T21:57:11-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/ocd/home?rev=1643867831&do=diff Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Primer Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders are a group of mental disorders including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding disorder, trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder), excoriation (skin-picking) disorder, substance/medication-induced obsessive-compulsive and related disorder, obsessive-compulsive and related disorder due to another medical condition, and other specified obsessive-compulsive and related d… text/html 2024-01-11T22:25:26-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/ocd/trichotillomania?rev=1705040726&do=diff Trichotillomania Primer Trichotillomania (also known as hair-pulling disorder) is an obsessive-compulsive and related disorder characterized by a long term, irresistible urge to pull out one's hair. The hair pulling occurs to the degree that significant hair loss occurs. Epidemiology * text/html 2023-01-15T13:09:01-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/ocd/z-other-oc-and-related-disorders?rev=1673816941&do=diff Other Specified Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Primer Other specified Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder is a category of DSM-5 diagnoses that applies to individuals who have symptoms characteristic of obsessive compulsive disorders (e.g. - text/html 2022-02-03T02:30:42-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/ocd/z-other-oc-medical?rev=1643884242&do=diff Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition Primer Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition is an obsessive-compulsive and related disorder diagnosis where there is a prominent and persistent period of obsessive-compulsive symptoms thought to be related to the direct physiological effects of another medical condition. text/html 2022-02-03T02:06:37-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/ocd/z-substance-medication?rev=1643882797&do=diff Substance/Medication-Induced Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder Primer Substance/Medication-Induced Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder is an obsessive-compulsive and related disorder that is diagnosed after an individual uses a substance (e.g. - a drug of abuse, a medication, or a toxin exposure) that leads to prominent symptoms of an obsessive-compulsive and related disorder.