How to Use obsessive-compulsive in a Sentence

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• Myrick, who has schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, knows the power of a good peer.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
• The 40-year-old resident of Le Mars, Iowa, has bipolar and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
  — Cheryl Platzman Weinstock, CBS News, 10 July 2023
• The neural wiring is the same as that tied to psychiatric conditions such as drug addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  — Byclaudia Lopez Lloreda, science.org, 29 Mar. 2023
• Over the years, Toole has been candid about her past with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety and depression.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
• All of it stems from the obsessive-compulsive disorder Gonzalez has lived with his entire life, from childhood to now being a kicker for the Washington Commanders.
  — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
• Licking is a common fixation in dogs with obsessive-compulsive disorder, which can be the source of serious distress.
  — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2023
• If your phone were anything else — a photograph, a wedding ring, a book — staring at it in public as much as people stare at their phones would put you at risk of being diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  — Sebastian Junger, National Review, 13 July 2023
• These feelings can range from mild and fleeting concerns to deep despair, panic attacks and obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
  — Karen Magruder, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023
• What would later be diagnosed as obsessive-compulsive disorder was, at this point, just another aspect of what was openly called my oddness.
  — Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• Jung Da-eun (Park Bo-young) is a newbie nurse in a psychiatric ward, dealing with patients whose disorders range from schizophrenia and depression to panic attacks and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
• Such limiting behaviors can range from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to tics and twitches.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• In the series, Shalhoub played detective Adrian Monk, a character who lives with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
• My mind has always been prone to fixation: I was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder at 17, which left me with obsessions that prompted me to perform time-consuming rituals and tasks.
  — Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
• At their core, earworms are a form of rumination, and research suggests that people who suffer from anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder are more prone to earworms.
  — WIRED, 15 July 2023
• Manny Padilla, a teen-age musician living with obsessive-compulsive disorder, faces intense fears and intrusive thoughts.
  — The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024
• Guerra says the therapy has also proven to be helpful in treating hoarding disorder, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder and addiction.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024
• Everyone’s favorite obsessive-compulsive detective is returning for what may be his final case.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
• Some people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), in particular, tend to experience intrusive thoughts more intensely than others and have a harder time shaking them off.
  — Time, 14 June 2023
• There’s an obsessive-compulsive quality to her behavior.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
• Other potential issues include obsessive-compulsive disorder or seizure-like activity, both of which should be evaluated by a vet.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
• For years, Braun suffered mostly in secret from obsessive-compulsive disorder — terrified of pandemics, germs, freak accidents and mortality.
  — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• Approval for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder followed ten years later.
  — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
• Both these tools also fail to account for multiple or simultaneous mental health conditions, such as depression and suicidal ideation or anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  — Wendy Ward, STAT, 10 Apr. 2024
• They've also been used to treat brain disorders, including depression, addiction, obsessive-compulsive disorder and traumatic brain injuries.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
• According to King, Crumbley has a major depressive disorder with psychosis, anxiety and features of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2023
• For instance, major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and panic disorder often have better outcomes with combined treatment.
  — Bryan Cochran, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2024
• The clinic was roughly two years into treating Rainy, who had been diagnosed with prolonged grief, anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  — Hannah Bassett, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2024
• But the medical board also unanimously rejected marijuana for obsessive-compulsive syndrome and autism.
  — cleveland, 12 July 2023
• Anxiety Anxiety disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), can co-occur with polyphagia due to the emotional and psychological impact on eating behaviors.
  — Sarah Jividen, Health, 5 Dec. 2024
• Sodaro found a psychiatrist who diagnosed her with obsessive-compulsive disorder and prescribed a low dose of anti-anxiety medication that would not violate antidoping rules or hinder her athletic performance.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023