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Obsessive compulsive behavior

Known as: Behaviors, Compulsive, COMPULSIVENESS, behavior obsessive compulsive 
The behavior of performing an act persistently and repetitively without it leading to reward or pleasure. The act is usually a small, circumscribed… 
National Institutes of Health

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Anxiety stateCompulsive Personality DisorderCompulsive neurosisDisruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders

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Behavior

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Compulsive RepetitionObsessive Behaviorhigh risk behavior/lifestyle

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Factor analysis of obsessive–compulsive disorder YBOCS‐SC symptoms and association with 5‐HTTLPR SERT polymorphism
Symptoms defining obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) are diverse. Factor analyses of OCD symptoms have been used to evaluate… 
2004
2004
Further Psychometric Properties of the Tourette’s Disorder Scale-Parent Rated Version (TODS-PR)
abstractThis study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Tourette’s Disorder Scale-Parent Rated (TODS-PR), a 15-item… 
2002
2002
RECENT ADVANCES IN ANIMAL MODELS OF DRUG ADDICTION
Drug addiction is defined as a compulsion to take a drug with loss of control in limiting intake (33). It is considered a chronic… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Self-mutilating behaviour of psychiatric inpatients
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Blink rate as an index of dopamine function in adults with mental retardation and repetitive behavior disorders.
Direct observation of blink rate was used as a noninvasive, in vivo estimate of dopamine function in adults with mental… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Fenfluramine augmentation of serotonin reuptake blockade antiobsessional treatment.
Seven patients who met DSM-III-R criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder and had only a partial response to the serotonin… 
1989
1989
Version française de l'échelle d'obsession-compulsion de Yale-Brown.
: A French translation and adaptation of the Yale-Brown obsessive compulsive scale is presented, with reference to validation… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Symptom configuration and life events.
Symptom configuration derived from symptom self-reports in a sample of mainly neurotic patients was not related to the amount of… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Relation between the action of dopamine and apomorphine and their O-methylated derivatives upon the CNS
SummaryThe syndrome of gnaw-compulsion was studied in rats providing evidence for a structure-effect relationship between the… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
A clinical study of Gilles de la Tourette's disease (maladie des tics) in children.
In his search of the literature for cases of a similar nature, Gilles de la Tourette was much impressed by reports of analogous… 
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