What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners?

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What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners?

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners: Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a behavioural disorder involving obsessive thoughts and compulsive acts. Cleaners represent one form of manifestation of OCD and involves obsessive thoughts and compulsions about contamination of any form - germs, bacteria, viruses, dirt etc. Sufferers feel compelled to safeguard themselves and their surroundings from contamination but repeatedly cleaning surfaces, their clothes and other objects in their environment.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners: Introduction

Types of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners:

Broader types of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners:

How serious is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners?

Prognosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners: Symptoms tend to develop gradually unless they are triggered by a stressful event and patients tend not to acknowledge their symptoms until they become more severe which leads to delayed treatment and a greater establishment of the obsessive-compulsive behaviors in the person's daily routine. Treatment can lead to a good prognosis though treatment is often required on a life-long basis. Complete recovery to the point of no longer requiring treatment is considered uncommon. A percentage of people (10-20% in some reports) fail to respond to regular, noninvasive treatment and require hospitalization and more drastic treatment measures such as surgery. Well over half of patients (up to 80% in some reports) with OCD develop depression. Roughly 10% develop other related conditions such as trichotillomania, anorexia nervosa, bulimia and Tourette's syndrome.
Complications of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners: see complications of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners

What causes Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners?

Causes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners: see causes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners

What are the symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners?

Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners: see symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners

Complications of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners: see complications of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners

Onset of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Cleaners: Males tend to have an earlier onset than females: roughly 6-15 years of age in males and roughly 20-30 years of age in females.