OCD

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…of Medicine. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Clinical Research Program.) Cognitive-behavioral therapy may also be effective for OCD. It emphasizes changing the beliefs and patterns of a person with an OCD. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an unrelenting pattern of obsessions and compulsions. This disorder effects people both emotionally and socially. People with an OCD are torn between making their anxiety dissipate or fighting their OCD. There is no cure for OCD, but there are treatments that help alleviate symptoms.