COVID 19 and OCD
COVID 19 pandemic has caused demise of more than 264K among the victims of 3.76M from December 2019 to till date in the world. The Wuhan virus has the compulsion of sanitation of hand in a frequent basis and maintaining social distance.The infectious disease may cause concern for many people,but someone with OCD may become intensely fearful of affected by the pathogen. fig. Corona Virus Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common mental disorder with people experiencing intrusive and distressing recurring thoughts, urges, or images which we call obsessions.The obsession includes the fear of contamination and fear of causing harm and fear of things not being in order. One of the defining features of OCD is that there is a tendency to doubt the completion of a compulsive behaviour. For example, if someone is affected by the fear that they have not locked the front door, they may have to check the door is locked again and again; they may even have to take a photograph ...