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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts, urges, or images (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions) performed to reduce the resulting distress. Common themes include contamination, checking, symmetry, taboo thoughts, and harm. Symptoms are time-consuming and impairing. The most effective psychological treatment is exposure and response prevention, a specialized form of CBT; high-dose SSRIs or clomipramine are first-line medications, often requiring higher doses and longer trials than in depression.