Question
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder? How is it different from borderline personality disorder? What are the two most common obsessions that affect adolescents?
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Answer
Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Affected persons show irresistible obsessions and compulsions, They are compelled to perform an action or an idea despite their own attempt to resist it (compulsion).Borderline personality disorder: This is an emotionally unstable personality disorder, which is characterised by impulsivity/unpredictable moods/outbursts of emotion/behavioural explosions/quarrelsome behaviour/and conflicts with others.
The familiar obsessions are violence, worry about infection by germs or dirt.
The familiar obsessions are violence, worry about infection by germs or dirt.
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