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Obsessive–compulsive disorder: History, Community, Culture & Applications

Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder in which an individual has intrusive thoughts (an obsession) and feels the need to perform certain behaviors (compulsions) repeatedly to relieve the distress caused by the obsession, to the extent where it impairs general function. OCD has been described since antiquity and has affected numerous…

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Obsessive–compulsive disorder topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Community, Culture and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around Obsessive–compulsive disorder.

Related topics
322
Source areas
10
Connected nodes
332
Extracted relationships
85
Related term clusters
57
Bridge connections
332

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Signs and symptoms · 80 topics
History · 51 topics
Mechanisms · 44 topics
Causes · 42 topics
Management · 40 topics
Overview · 28 topics
Society and culture · 18 topics
Diagnosis · 9 topics
Research · 8 topics
Prognosis · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Complications
Tics, anxiety disorder, suicide
Diagnostic method
Clinically based on symptoms; Y-BOCS is the gold standard tool to assess severity
Differential diagnosis
Anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, eating disorders, tic disorders, obsessive–compulsive personality disorder
Frequency
2.3%
Medication
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), clomipramine, adjunctive atypical antipsychotics
Risk factors
Family history, neurobiology, temperament, childhood trauma, certain drugs and medications

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Obsessive–compulsive disorder
3Atypical antipsychotic · Clomipramine · Tricyclic antidepressant
3Prefrontal cortex · Anterior cingulate cortex · Medial frontal gyrus
3Psychodynamics · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapy
5Exposure and response prevention · Pharmacotherapy · Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
9Multifactorial disease · Genetic predisposition · Childhood trauma

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Overview

Signs and symptoms

Causes

Mechanisms

Diagnosis

Management

Prognosis

History

Society and culture

Research

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Obsessive–compulsive disorder connects Entity context

The extracted context around Obsessive–compulsive disorder shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Adrian Monk, As Good, Aza, Aza Holmes, Built, Charly Clive, Compassionate, Felix, Green's, Howard Hughes, It Gets, Jack Nicholson, John Green, Marc Summers, Marc Summers's, Marnie, Martin Scorsese's, Matchstick Men, Monk, Movies Another extracted example is Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Drug Administration, Evidence, Existing, FDA, OCD, The United States Food, TMS. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Obsessive–compulsive disorder

Top relations

related to Art, entertainment and media · 33
Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Adrian Monk, As Good, Aza, Aza Holmes, Built, Charly Clive, Compassionate, Felix, Green's, Howard Hughes, It Gets, Jack Nicholson, John Green, Marc Summers, Marc Summers's, Marnie, Martin Scorsese's, Matchstick Men, Monk, Movies
related to Procedures · 7
Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Drug Administration, Evidence, Existing, FDA, OCD, The United States Food, TMS
related to Epidemiology · 3
Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Males, Obsessive, OCD
Complications · 1
Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Tics, anxiety disorder, suicide
Diagnostic method · 1
Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Clinically based on symptoms; Y-BOCS is the gold standard tool to assess severity
Differential diagnosis · 1
Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, eating disorders, tic disorders, obsessive–compulsive personality disorder
Frequency · 1
Obsessive–compulsive disorder → 2.3%
Medication · 1
Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), clomipramine, adjunctive atypical antipsychotics
Risk factors · 1
Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Family history, neurobiology, temperament, childhood trauma, certain drugs and medications
Specialty · 1
Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Psychiatry, clinical psychology

Important terminology

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Important terminology

ocd compulsions may compulsive obsessive treatment disorder symptoms obsessions people thoughts anxiety therapy found one children also ssris behaviors associated

Obsessive–compulsive disorder relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 85 structured relationships around Obsessive–compulsive disorder. Examples in this analysis include Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Complications → Tics, anxiety disorder, suicide and Obsessive–compulsive disorder → Diagnostic method → Clinically based on symptoms; Y-BOCS is the gold standard tool to assess severity. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Obsessive–compulsive disorderComplicationsTics, anxiety disorder, suicide1.00infobox
Obsessive–compulsive disorderDiagnostic methodClinically based on symptoms; Y-BOCS is the gold standard tool to assess severity1.00infobox
Obsessive–compulsive disorderDifferential diagnosisAnxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, eating disorders, tic disorders, obsessive–compulsive personality disorder1.00infobox
Obsessive–compulsive disorderFrequency2.3%1.00infobox
Obsessive–compulsive disorderMedicationSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), clomipramine, adjunctive atypical antipsychotics1.00infobox
Obsessive–compulsive disorderRisk factorsFamily history, neurobiology, temperament, childhood trauma, certain drugs and medications1.00infobox
Obsessive–compulsive disorderSpecialtyPsychiatry, clinical psychology1.00infobox
Obsessive–compulsive disorderSymptomsFeel the need to perform certain behaviors repeatedly, have certain distressing thoughts repeatedly1.00infobox
Obsessive–compulsive disorderTreatmentCognitive behavioral therapy, medication, transcranial magnetic stimulation, surgery1.00infobox
Obsessive–compulsive disorderUsual onsetBefore 35 years1.00infobox
childhood traumainstance ofenvironmental stressors0.80text
abnormalities in brain structureinstance ofenvironmental stressors0.80text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Obsessive–compulsive disorder bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Obsessive, Disorder and Thoughts. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Obsessive–compulsive disorder
    • Obsessive
    • Disorder
    • Thoughts
    • Symptoms
    • Ocd
    • People
    • Obsession
    • Disorders
    • Also
    • Compulsions
    • Behaviors
    • Associated
  • obsessive–compulsive disorder
    • Obsessive
    • Disorder
    • Also
    • Thoughts
    • Behaviors
    • Ocd
    • Anxiety
    • Symptoms
    • Disorders
    • People
    • Obsession
    • Life
  • compulsions
    • Obsessions
    • One
    • Also
    • May
    • Anxiety
    • Ocd
    • Cases
    • Often
    • Mental
    • Individuals
    • Obsessive
    • Obsession
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    • Disorders
    • Disorder
    • People
    • Compulsions
    • Thoughts
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    • Also
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    • May
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  • yale–brown obsessive–compulsive scale
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    • Disorder
    • Thoughts
    • Behaviors
    • Symptoms
    • Ocd
    • Also
    • People
    • Obsession
    • May
    • Disorders
    • Compulsions
  • attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
    • Obsessive
    • Also
    • Ocd
    • Anxiety
    • Disorders
    • Life
    • Mental
    • May
    • Symptoms
    • One
    • Brain
    • Cases
  • autism spectrum disorder
    • Obsessive
    • Also
    • Ocd
    • Anxiety
    • Disorders
    • Life
    • Mental
    • May
    • Symptoms
    • One
    • Brain
    • Cases
  • compulsive hoarding
    • Obsessive
    • Disorder
    • Behaviors
    • Symptoms
    • Ocd
    • Also
    • Obsession
    • Thoughts
    • May
    • Disorders
    • People
    • Brain

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Obsessive–compulsive disorder, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Obsessive–compulsive disorder with Signs and symptoms. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Obsessive–compulsive disorder — Signs and symptoms · splits 252 ⟂ 81
Obsessive–compulsive disorder — History · splits 281 ⟂ 52
Obsessive–compulsive disorder — Mechanisms · splits 288 ⟂ 45
Obsessive–compulsive disorder — Causes · splits 290 ⟂ 43
Obsessive–compulsive disorder — Management · splits 292 ⟂ 41
Obsessive–compulsive disorder — Overview · splits 304 ⟂ 29
Obsessive–compulsive disorder — Society and culture · splits 314 ⟂ 19
Obsessive–compulsive disorder — Diagnosis · splits 323 ⟂ 10
Obsessive–compulsive disorder — Research · splits 324 ⟂ 9
Obsessive–compulsive disorder — Prognosis · splits 330 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Obsessive–compulsive disorder

Nodes333
Edges332
Triples85
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006006
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Obsessive–compulsive disorder to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Community, Culture & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Obsessive–compulsive disorder · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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