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Intrusive Images of a Spider and an Octopus: A Unique Presentation of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
1Psychiatry, Graylands Hospital, Perth, AUS.
Abstract:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe and disabling psychiatric disorder that impacts people all around the world. OCD has several different phenotypes, with intrusive visual images being a presentation of the disease. In this paper, a case is presented of a patient who suffers from intrusive visual images of a large spider and octopus with visualization of the tentacle on her body. These visual images were identified as a symptom of OCD; therefore, this paper aims to present this unique presentation of the disease.
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