Obsessions and compulsions - Obsessions: recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images that are experienced as unwanted or intrusive - Compulsions: are repetitive behaviours or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to the rules that must be applied rigidly

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1. Obsessions and compulsions - Obsessions: recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images that are experienced as unwanted or intrusive - Compulsions: are repetitive behaviours or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to the rules that must be applied rigidly