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Checklist of Common OCD Symptoms
Written by HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer   
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Jan 03, 2009 A +  A -  RESET  
Current Past Only Repeating Rituals


Re-reading or re-writing


Need to repeat routine activities (in/out door, up/down chair)


Other repeating compulsion

Current Past Only Counting Compulsions


Counting Compulsions

Current Past Only Ordering/Arranging Compulsions


Compulsive ordering or arranging

Current Past Only Hoarding Collecting Compulsions


Compulsive hoarding or collecting (e.g., carefully reads junk mail, piles up old newspapers, sorts through garbage, collects useless objects.)

Current Past Only Mental Compulsions


Special words, images, numbers, repeated mentally to neutralize (e.g., lucky numbers)


Special prayers (short and long) repeated in a set manner (e.g. "God is good")


Mental counting


Mentally listmaking


Mental reviewing (e.g., reviewing conversations)


Other mental compulsion

Current Past Only Miscellaneous Compulsions


Excessive list making (writing or verbalizing aloud)


Urges to ask, tell, or confess


Urges to touch, tap, or rub


Rituals involving blinking or staring


Other measures (not checking) to prevent harm to self or others, or to prevent terrible consequences


Ritualized eating behaviors


Superstitious behaviors


Trichotillomania (hair pulling)


Other self-damaging or self-mutilating behaviors (skin picking)


Other compulsion

Obsessional Rating Scale (circle appropriate score)

(Note: Scores should reflect the composite effect of all the patient's obsessive compulsive symptoms. Rate the average occurrence of each items during the prior week, up to and including the time of interview.)

Obsessions

Time spent on obsessions 0 hours/day 0-1 hour/day 1-3 hours/day 3-8 hours/day >8 hours/day
Score 0 1 2 3 4

Interference from obsessions None Mild Definite but manageable Substantial impairment Incapacitating
Score 0 1 2 3 4

Distress from obsessions None Little Moderate but manageable Severe Near constant, disabling
Score 0 1 2 3 4

Resistance to obsessions Always resists Much resistance Some resistance Often yields Completely yields
Score 0 1 2 3 4

Control over obsessions Complete control Much control Some control Little control No control
Score 0 1 2 3 4


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Last Updated( Jan 24, 2009 )
reviewed by: Harry Croft, MD
Psychiatrist, HealthyPlace.com Medical Director
 

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