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By:  Kevin Kinback, MD  Co-Editor, CTMSS Magnet Newsletter 

Article At A Glance: 

Background of OCD, pivotal trial, efficacy and outcome measures:

Patients with OCD suffer with obsessions, compulsions or both, with an annual prevalence rate of about 1.2%.  Obsessions are repetitive, intrusive, and distressing thoughts, ideas, images, or urges often experienced as meaningless, inappropriate, and irrelevant.  Obsessions usually persist despite efforts to suppress, resist, or ignore them, or use distraction techniques.  Compulsions are repetitive, stereotyped behaviors and/or mental acts used to diminish the anxiety and distress associated with the obsessions.  Obsessions and compulsions cause the patient distress and take up a significant amount of time. The clinical definition an...