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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
What Increases Your Risk
If you have a parent or sibling with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), your chance of developing OCD is increased.Reference 1
Your risk for developing OCD is greatest from childhood to middle adulthood. The average age of diagnosis is 19.Reference 1
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference June 5, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry |
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