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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Known as: Obsessive-Compulsive Neuroses, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE REACTION, Obsessive compulsive disorder 
An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, persistent obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are the intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that… 
National Institutes of Health

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24 HR venlafaxine 37.5 MG Extended Release Oral TabletAnxiety DisordersAnxiety stateAvoidant Personality Disorder

Broader (3)

Anxiety States, NeuroticMental disordersNeurotic Disorders

Narrower (3)

Compulsive neurosisObsessional neurosisTrichotillomania

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Impulsiveness in obsessive–compulsive disorder: results from a family study
Objective:  Although obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is usually conceptualized as an anxiety disorder some studies suggested… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Frontal-subcortical circuits and human behavior.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Serotonergic and noradrenergic sensitivity in obsessive-compulsive disorder: behavioral findings.
Six of eight patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder had an exacerbation of symptoms when given m-chlorophenylpiperazine… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Obsessive-compulsive disorder and serotonin: Is there a connection?
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Personality traits and disorder in depression.
The authors examined the relationship of personality traits and personality disorder to depressive subtype, descriptive… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Exercise-associated amenorrhea: A distinct entity?ab
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
CLONIDINE IN TOURETTE'S SYNDROME
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Compulsive, abnormal walking caused by anticholinergics in akinetic, 6-hydroxydopamine-treated rats.
In otherwise profoundly akinetic rats that had been severely depleted of brain catecholamines, anticholinergic drugs caused… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Differential effects of D- and L-amphetamine on behavior and on catecholamine disposition in dopamine and norepinephrine containing neurons of rat brain.
Review
1954
Review
1954
The natural history, treatment and prognosis of anorexia nervosa, based on a study of 38 patients.
1. The family histories, childhood environment, and previous mental health of 38 patients with the syndrome known as “anorexia… 
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