Persistent, unwanted idea or impulse which is considered normal when it does not markedly interfere with mental processes or emotional adjustment.
    

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Touch and go Joe : an adolescent's experiences of OCD / Joe Wells ; illustrated by Joe Wells ; foreword by Isobel Heyman.

OCD ain't a word : a zine about mental health / J. F. Gamber.

More than just hand-washing & tidy spaces / a zine by Sharon Corish.

Drawing limerence / Lynn Willmott & Karen Lang.

Les obsessions et la psychasthénie / par Pierre Janet.

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Touch and go Joe : an adolescent's experiences of OCD / Joe Wells ; illustrated by Joe Wells ; foreword by Isobel Heyman.

OCD ain't a word : a zine about mental health / J. F. Gamber.

More than just hand-washing & tidy spaces / a zine by Sharon Corish.

Drawing limerence / Lynn Willmott & Karen Lang.

Les obsessions et la psychasthénie / par Pierre Janet.