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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - What Increases Your Risk

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By Jeannette Curtis

What Increases Your Risk

If you have a parent or sibling with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), your chance of developing OCD is increased.5

Your risk for developing OCD is greatest from childhood to middle adulthood.5

Author:Jeannette Curtis
Medical Review:Kathleen Romito, MD - Family MedicineLisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry
Last Updated: 06/25/2008

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