Question

_____ refers to a psychological disorder in which an individual has anxiety-provoking thoughts that will not go away and urges to perform repetitive, ritualistic behaviors to prevent or produce some future situation.

Answer 1

When someone is driven by anxiety to preform repetitive an ritualistic things in order to stave off bad happenings this is called Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder . Often times this mental illness is centered on a fear of germs or a need for object to be arranged in a specific design. Symptoms often start in a slow manner and can alter throughout life. This illness can be treated with medicine and/or talk therapy.