Associated Conditions for Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Excerpts on associated medical conditions for Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: NWHIC (Excerpt)
Depression or other anxiety disorders may accompany OCD. And some
people with OCD have eating disorders. In addition, they may avoid
situations in which they might have to confront their obsessions. Or they
may try unsuccessfully to use alcohol or drugs to calm themselves. If OCD
grows severe enough, it can keep someone from holding a job or from
carrying out normal responsibilities at home, but more often, it doesn’t
develop to these extremes. (Source: excerpt from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: NWHIC)
Anxiety Disorders: NIMH (Excerpt)
Depression or other anxiety disorders may accompany OCD,2,4 and
some people with OCD also have eating disorders.6 In
addition, people with OCD may avoid situations in which they might have to
confront their obsessions, or they may try unsuccessfully to use alcohol
or drugs to calm themselves.4,5 If OCD
grows severe enough, it can keep someone from holding down a job or from
carrying out normal responsibilities at home. (Source: excerpt from Anxiety Disorders: NIMH)
Facts about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: NIMH (Excerpt)
OCD is sometimes
accompanied by depression, eating disorders, substance abuse, attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder, or other anxiety disorders. When a person
also has other disorders, OCD is often more difficult to diagnose and
treat. Symptoms of OCD can also coexist and may even be part of a spectrum
of other brain disorders, such as Tourette's syndrome. Appropriate
diagnosis and treatment of other disorders are important to successful
treatment of OCD.
(Source: excerpt from Facts about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: NIMH)
List of associated medical conditions for Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
The list of conditions mentioned by various sources
as associated with Obsessive-compulsive disorder includes:
About associated conditions for Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
Associated conditions are those which appear
statistically related, but do not have
a clear cause or effect relationship.
Whereas the complications
are caused by Obsessive-compulsive disorder,
and underlying causes
may be causes of Obsessive-compulsive disorder,
the following list shows associated conditions
that simply appear with higher frequency in people
who have Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
In some cases, there may be overlap
between this list and risk factors
for Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
People with Obsessive-compulsive disorder may be more likely to
get a condition on the list of associated conditions,
or the reverse may be true, or both.
Whether they are causes of, caused by, or simply
coincidentally related to Obsessive-compulsive disorder
is not always clear.
For general information,
see Associated Condition Misdiagnosis.
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