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Obsessive-compulsive disorders involve:

Correct answer: D. high levels of anxiety

  • A. loss of contact with reality
  • B. unresolved anger
  • C. unresolved Oedipal conflict
  • D. high levels of anxiety

Explanation

Obsessions and compulsions are commonly linked with excessive anxiety: the obsession creates distress, while the compulsion is performed to reduce it temporarily. Loss of reality testing is more characteristic of psychosis.

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