A chief characteristic of obsessive-compulsive disorder is:

A) anxiety in situations in which the person will be observed by others.
B) symptoms such as psychic numbing,reliving of the trauma,and increased physiological arousal.
C) exaggerated fear of a particular situation,activity,or object.
D) recurrent,persistent,unwished-for thoughts or images.


Ans: D) recurrent,persistent,unwished-for thoughts or images.

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