Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder—Behavioral Issues in Child Care and Schools
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Children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) perform repetitive patterns of compulsive behaviors in response to a strict internal rule or because they believe it will serve a purpose, such as protecting them. Compulsions decrease children’s distress level, or children believe that compulsions will prevent an event that isn’t realistically connected to the compulsion.