Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

What Increases Your Risk

If you have a parent or sibling with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), your chance of developing OCD is increased.5

Your risk for developing OCD is greatest from childhood to middle adulthood.5


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Author: Jeannette Curtis Last Updated: June 25, 2008
Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry

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