obsession
In psychology, an obsession (Latin obsessio = being occupied; blockade) is an obsession or an obsession with fear . In the strict medical and psychological parlance, these are an uncomfortable to agonizing, of oneself as belonging experienced obsession or -handlung . The term was derived from the Latin obsidere = to claim, occupy, besiege, oppress.
The ICD-10 summarizes obsessions and compulsions in OCD . On the other hand, the dynamic relationship between these components is emphasized more strongly in DSM-5 and it is referred to as an “obsessive – compulsive disorder”, whereby “obsessive” relates to the thought aspect and “compulsion” to the action aspect. The DSM understands obsessions to be recurring and persistent thoughts or images which, like an urge, are experienced as intrusive and undesirable.
In colloquial language , this also describes a very strong emotional enthusiasm for a certain topic, hobby, work or action; historically an obsession in a negative sense.
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- ↑ Obsession, die , duden.de, accessed on June 6, 2017
- ↑ Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5 , 5th edition, American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington 2013, ISBN 9780890425558 , pp. 235–242.
- ↑ Script of the lecture “Obsessive Compulsive Disease” (slide 3) ( Memento from June 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Source: University of Graz, Faculty of Medicine, Psychiatry Department, 2011.
- ↑ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 14. Leipzig 1908, p. 881. in zeno.org , accessed on June 12, 2017