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Background of the Study Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a widespread, persistent or chronic disorder in which a person has uncontrollable reoccurring obsessions or thoughts and compulsions (behaviors). The patient or sufferer feels the urge to repeat the same behaviors over and over in response to the obsession that compelled him to relieve from the anxiety. However, it is common among the normal individuals to feel the urge to check the thing twice normally, but people suffering from OCD have uncontrolled obsessions that result in anxiety and to get relief from such anxiety they check the thing over and over and to perform these rituals and behaviors. The sufferers spend hours of the day to calm down the urges of mind. However, these reactions or rituals may result in the short while relief from the anxiety. Therefore, it suggested the leaving the disease untreated may result in the disturbances of the daily functioning of the person such as working days, social and marital and occupational distress and unhealthy relationship with family and co-workers. (National Institute of mental health (NIMH), 2016). The lifetime occurrence of OCD reported as 2.3 % in the general population. Epidemiological research findings showed that in a year, about 0.5% - 2.1% of adults develop OCD, and 2.5% of adults will develop OCD in their lifetime (APA, 2000) . On the other hand, a large sample survey of 9282 respondents revealed that the life span prevalence rate of OCD was 1.6% in their sample (Kessler et al., 2005). While it may be that only a few people often tend to seek help in moderate symptoms of OCD. 19.5 years is the mean age for the onset of symptoms of OCD

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