Targets for Deep Brain Stimulation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

摘要

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic psychiatric disorder. Obsessions are recurrent, and disturbing thoughts cause anxiety or unease, such as the fear of contracting an infection or the need for symmetry or perfectionism. Compulsions are acts with a ritual character that are performed to neutralize the anxiety caused by the obsessions, such as cleaning, washing, checking, classifying, or counting.