Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- OCD Accommodation(also: Family Accommodation)
- A behavior — typically by family, friends, or clinicians — that participates in or enables a person with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) to complete a compulsion, for example by providing reassurance, hearing a confession, or making a decision on their behalf. Although…
- OCD Cycle
- A four-step clinical model describing how Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is maintained: an obsession (intrusive thought, urge, or image) triggers a feeling of distress, which the person attempts to relieve through a compulsion (a behavior or mental act), producing temporary…
- Obsession(also: Obsessive Thought, Intrusive Thought)
- Recurrent, persistent, unwanted thoughts, urges, or mental images that cause significant anxiety or distress. In OCD, obsessions are experienced as intrusive and involuntary, and the person recognizes them as products of their own mind rather than external influences. Common…
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder(also: OCD)
- A mental health condition affecting approximately 2% of the world population, characterized by recurrent, intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) that cause significant anxiety, and repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions) performed to relieve that anxiety. OCD…
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