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SUBMITTER: Ahmari SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4515165 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Depression and anxiety 20150507 8
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic, severe mental illness with up to 2-3% prevalence worldwide. In fact, OCD has been classified as one of the world's 10 leading causes of illness-related disability according to the World Health Organization, largely because of the chronic nature of disabling symptoms.([1]) Despite the severity and high prevalence of this chronic and disabling disorder, there is still relatively limited understanding of its pathophysiology. However, this is now rap ...[more]