1.0 Introduction
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of neuropsychiatric anxiety disorder associated with disabling and irrational obsessions and/ or compulsion. The disorder is usually caused by chemical imbalance in the brain triggered by conscious and un-conscious event in the memory. While obsessions include repetitive, intrusive and unpleasant thoughts, images, fears, doubts and words that can take various forms. On the other hand compulsions are repetitive actions such as cleaning, checking and counting performed routinely so as to ease their anxiety. People with OCD feel overwhelmed by a sense of powerlessness with regard to stopping the feelings although they are aware the ...
