Compulsions

Definition

Repetitive behaviours or rituals (e.g., washing, checking) or mental acts (e.g., repeating words silently) that the individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, according to rigid rules, or to achieve a sense of ‘completeness’.

Exclusions

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (6B20)

Also indexed as

Nearby in Symptoms or signs involving appearance or behaviour

• MB23.0Aggressive behaviour
• MB23.1Antisocial behaviour
• MB23.2Avoidance behaviour
• MB23.3Bradyphrenia
• MB23.5Coprolalia
• MB23.6Disorganised behaviour
• MB23.7Disheveled appearance
• MB23.8Disruptive behaviour