My last three episodes focussed on classical cases of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but the DSM 5 has included a few other related diagnoses in the same chapter including body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), hoarding disorder, trichotillomania, and excoriation disorder.  Each of these have distinct obsessional components and compulsions, age of onset, degree of insight, and chronic course.  Hence, they get their own diagnostic category.

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