Psychiatry and Psychology

Obsessive Behavior

Persistent, unwanted idea or impulse which is considered normal when it does not markedly interfere with mental processes or emotional adjustment.

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Persistent, unwanted idea or impulse which is considered normal when it does not markedly interfere with mental processes or emotional adjustment.

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  • Behavior, Obsessive
  • Behaviors, Obsessive
  • Obsessive Behaviors
  • Obsessions
  • Obsession

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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use Cat F3 qualif

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History Note

91(75); was see under COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR 1975-90; OBSESSION was see under NEUROSES, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE 1963-78

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Obsessive Behavior. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009770. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009770
  2. Obsessive Behavior. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive_thought
  3. Obsessive Behavior. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6048309