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ocd stands for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is an inner urge causing a person to repeat an action over and over again. This may be repeatedly washing your hands, or checking obsessively that that you have turned off the oven or shut the door. You can go to your GP. The treatments found to be the most effective in successfully treating Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitor Medications (SSRIs). CBT is a psychological treatment that looks at how we think (C), and how this affects what we do (B). In treatment we consider other ways of thinking, and how this would affect the way we behave. CBT is used successfully in many psychological problems including other anxiety problems such as panic, post-traumatic stress disorder and social phobia, also in eating disorders, addictions and psychosis.