Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder that may be best characterized by recurring or disturbing thoughts referred to as obsessions. Sometimes these obsessions can take the form of intrusive images or unwanted impulses. Compulsions can arise from repetitive or ritualized behaviors that a person feels driven to engage in on a daily basis. The majority of people diagnosed with OCD may have both obsessions and compulsions, but most of the time, about 20% of them only have obsessions, while 10% may have only compulsions (Goodman MD, 2013). Common types that have been exemplified in individual diagnoses of OCD may be characterized by concerns about contamination, safety or danger to themselves, unwanted acts of aggression, unacceptable sexual or religious thoughts, and the need to symmetry or accuracy. Although some of the most common compulsions may be characterized by excessive cleaning, checking, ordering, and organizing of rituals or by routine activities of counting and repeating that are sometimes performed daily multiple times throughout the day. People from all walks of life can fall victim to an OCD diagnosis. It can be found in several groups of people across all social and ethnic groups and in both men and women. Most symptoms form during early childhood, adolescence or young adulthood. If the sudden onset of OCD appears later in life, it may merit a thorough medical evaluation to ensure that another illness is not the underlying cause of these symptoms. This article will explain what OCD is, who actually has it, what the real causes of OCD are, and what effective OCD treatments are available (obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, ...... middle of the 'article......I hope that the diagnosis will be made when the individual is still young and that the symptoms will not worsen over time. Response to treatments varies from one individual to another and. some studies suggest that medications and behavioral therapy are most effective in relieving OCD symptoms (What is OCD?, 2014). , neither medication nor behavioral treatment produces any significant change in their symptoms greater than either treatment alone. Most people who have received effective treatments find that symptoms are significantly reduced by 40 to 50. % This is enough to change their lives and return to school, work and their lives. families. In other words, they can once again become a functional part of society..