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Trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Neurosis obsesiva-compulsiva; TOC

Síntomas:

Obsesiones o compulsiones que no se deben a una enfermedad o consumo de drogas.
Obsesiones o compulsiones que ocasionan gran sufrimiento o interfieren con la vida cotidiana.

Hay muchos tipos de obsesiones y compulsiones. Un ejemplo es un miedo excesivo a los gérmenes y la compulsión de lavarse las manos de manera repetitiva para protegerse de infecciones.

La persona generalmente reconoce que el comportamiento es excesivo o irracional.

Signos y exámenes:

Su propia descripción del comportamiento puede ayudar a diagnosticar el trastorno. Un examen físico puede descartar causas físicas y una evaluación psiquiátrica puede descartar otros trastornos mentales.

Los cuestionarios, como la Escala Obsesivo Compulsiva de Yale-Brown (Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale,YBOCS), pueden ayudar a diagnosticar este trastorno y hacerle un seguimiento al progreso del tratamiento.

Trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo

Reviewed last on: 2/11/2010
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; and Michelle Benger Merrill, MD, Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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