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Which of the following are true about obsession except:

A
May be present in schizophrenia
B
Ego-dystonic
C
Persists on resistance and causes depression and anxiety
D
Disorder of content of thought
High-Yield Explanation
Ans: D. Disorder of content of thought(Ref Fish's Clinical Psychopathology/p22-24; Niraj Ahuja 7/e p95; Kaplan Synopsis 10/e p234; CDTP 2/e p106, 274, 749)Strictly speaking, obsessions are disorders of "possession" qr thought and not "content" of thought.Obsessions - Defined as:Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress.The thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real-life problems.The person attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, impulses, or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action.The person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts, impulses, or images are a product of his or her own mind (not imposed from without as in thought inseion) .

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